The Veteran's MDD has been granted a 70 percent evaluation, but his left elbow disability and TDIU issues have been remanded for further examination and development.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations were inadequate to assess the current severity of the Veteran's disabilities and determine if he is unemployable due to these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder with anxious distress (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2024
- Citation
- A24027693
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's MDD was granted a disability rating of 70 percent prior to January 29, 2024, but the claim for an increased rating from January 29, 2024, to May 31, 2024, was denied. The Board also remanded the TDIU claim.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder with anxious distress, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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