The Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation of 70 percent for major depressive disorder with other specified trauma and stressor disorder is granted, effective from the date his claim was received in January 2018. His claims for service connection for PTSD, TDIU, and basic eligibility for DEA benefits are denied as moot due to the grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation of 70 percent for major depressive disorder with other specified trauma and stressor disorder was granted based on his receipt of a new and material evidence in January 2018, which led to the award of service connection. The claims for PTSD, TDIU, and basic eligibility for DEA benefits were dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder with other specified trauma and stressor disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2024
- Citation
- A24066410
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Decisions by this judge: 926 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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