The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder has been granted a 100 percent disability rating effective December 3, 2013, and a TDIU is granted from December 29, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran exhibited persistent delusions and hallucinations; persistent danger of hurting self and others; and intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living, all criteria for a total 100 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Graves' Disease, Major Depressive Disorder, Radiculopathy of the Right Lower Extremity, Radiculopathy of the Left Lower Extremity, Compression Fracture, L3
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21063107
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a disability rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder, effective October 24, 2017. The Board also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension, to include as secondary to left orchiectomy, for further development in accordance with the PACT Act.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
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