The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder and cannabis use disorder required hospitalization from September 24, 2013, to September 27, 2013. The Board found that the length of his hospital treatment did not meet the criteria for a temporary total rating based on hospitalization.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder and cannabis use disorder required hospitalization from September 24, 2013, to September 27, 2013, but did not exceed the 21-day threshold for a temporary total rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder, Cannabis use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24065251
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