The Veteran's MDD is granted a rating of 70 percent, effective April 5, 2018. The Veteran's TDIU claim for the entire period on appeal is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the level associated with a 70 percent rating for MDD and granted entitlement to a higher disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder, Right Ankle Sprain Residuals, Right Knee Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome with Meniscal Tear and Tendonitis (Limitation of Extension), Right Knee Instability, Right Knee Limitation of Flexion, Left Ankle Disability, Left Knee Strain with Degenerative Arthritis (Limitation of Flexion)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23017813
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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.
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