The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.,The Veteran's depressive disorder with anxious distress does not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 70 percent.,The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea does not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran is unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, including depressive disorder with anxious distress.,The medical records do not show gross impairment in thought processes or communication; persistent delusions or hallucinations; grossly inappropriate behavior; persistent danger of hurting self or others; intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living; disorientation to time and place; memory loss for names of close relatives, own occupation, or own name.,The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea has not required chronic respiratory failure with carbon dioxide retention or cor pulmonale.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder with Anxious Distress, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 28, 2024
- Citation
- A24050618
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