The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's panic disorder with major depressive disorder, as the severity, frequency, and duration of symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were found to result in reduced reliability and productivity but not deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking or mood.
- Claimed conditions
- panic disorder with major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24064325
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 709 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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