The Veteran's anxiety and MDD are now rated at 50 percent, effective from the date of the decision. The other issues remain pending.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran has more than one diagnosed mental disorder but could not differentiate which symptoms are attributable to each diagnosis, leading to a combined rating for both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- seborrheic dermatitis, anxiety and major depressive disorder (MDD), left sciatica nerve lesion, left brachial plexopathy, right shoulder condition (claimed as bilateral shoulder condition and bilateral bicep condition), leukopenia with neutropenia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24071004
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 151 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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