The Board granted a rating of 70 percent, but no greater, from December 16, 2016, for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms, particularly his recurrent suicidal ideation, met or more closely approximated the criteria for a 70 percent rating under the General Rating Formula as of that date.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxious distress, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24064611
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for a mental health condition and denied service connection for an eye condition. The claims for autoimmune limbic encephalitis with non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (NPLE) with GAD65 antibodies and dystonia and dystonic tremor were remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 3, 2022, for the assignment of a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with anxious distress.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to be readjudicated on the merits due to new and relevant evidence.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied, except for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability which were granted. The veteran was also granted service connection for hypertension.
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