The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and denied service connection for a right shoulder disability, while remanding claims for lumbar spine disability and an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The symptoms of the Veteran's psychiatric disability more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, but not occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas. The evidence did not show a relationship between the right shoulder disability and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, major depressive disorder, recurrent episode, moderate, right shoulder disability, lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24065351
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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