The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for a psychiatric disorder prior to April 27, 2021, and denied a higher rating. The TDIU claim was dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric disorder caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas but not total social and occupational impairment at any time during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22001229
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Decisions by this judge: 2,092 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection was reopened in February 2022, and he was granted service connection for major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder effective February 11, 2022. The Board denied an earlier effective date prior to this date.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder is granted an initial disability evaluation of 70 percent, and the effective date for service connection was set to April 30, 2019. The claim for TDIU was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraines, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, and Hashimoto's disease, all to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder. The Board also remanded several other claims for further development.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disabilities have prevented her from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation since September 23, 2015.
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