The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for unspecified depressive disorder, somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain with anxiety features including sleep impairment and unspecified anxiety disorder, dating back to the date of claim, April 26, 2018.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence as to whether the Veteran's disability picture approximated the level of impairment required for a 100 percent rating as of the date of the September 2018 VA psychiatric examination.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain with anxiety features including sleep impairment, unspecified anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23001743
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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