The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified trauma-and-stressor related disorder with depressed mood and cannabis use disorder, is rated at 70 percent since March 21, 2013. The rating remains at 50 percent effective November 29, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas but did not result in total occupational or social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma-and-stressor related disorder with depressed mood, Cannabis use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23000717
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,037 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder with anxious distress and cannabis use disorder, was manifested by symptoms resulting in occupational and social impairment. The Board found the evidence did not demonstrate total occupational and social impairment required for a higher rating.
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