The Veteran was granted a 70 percent disability rating for unspecified depressive disorder, a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the same condition, and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas warranted an increased evaluation under the criteria for service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2024
- Citation
- 24004820
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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