The Board has granted an initial rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, effective prior to November 16, 2021.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to symptoms such as suicidal ideation, unprovoked irritability, difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances, and impaired impulse control.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified Anxiety Disorder, Unspecified Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 13, 2023
- Citation
- 23009147
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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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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected mental disorders are granted a disability rating of 70 percent, but no higher.
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