The Veteran's depressive disorder NOS has been rated at 70 percent since May 1, 2020. The Board finds that the Veteran is not entitled to a higher rating due to lack of total occupational and social impairment.
The deciding factor: The symptoms described do not meet or approximate the criteria for a 100 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 9435.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive disorder NOS
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2024
- Citation
- A24061268
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder NOS and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for tension headaches, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder NOS, granted service connection for erectile dysfunction secondary to the service-connected depressive disorder NOS, and granted Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) for loss of use of a creative organ due to the service-connected depressive disorder NOS.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional medical opinions are needed to address the Veteran's psychiatric disorders and their relationship to service or service-connected TBI. The case is therefore being remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding no evidence of a link between his current psychiatric conditions and his military service.
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