The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for unspecified depressive disorder and TBI, effective from the date of service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate the criteria for a 70 percent rating due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, including suicidal ideation and mild memory loss.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24073542
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
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