The Veteran's MDD with GAD is rated at 50 percent effective February 5, 2019.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's MDD and GAD are productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder (MDD), Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2023
- Citation
- A23029215
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depressive disorder, GAD, and PTSD, as well as his claim regarding the reduction of his rating for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with IVDS are all remanded due to procedural errors. The Board must determine whether the Veteran's discharge from December 1981 to November 1983 is a bar to VA benefits and reconsider his service connection claims.
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