The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's anxiety and depressive disorders prior to July 25, 2012. The severity, frequency, and duration of his psychiatric symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as school, work, family relations, judgment, thinking, and/or mood.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety and depressive disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23017260
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