The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including persistent depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted a TDIU based on the combined effect of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disabilities, along with his skin disability, render him unable to maintain employment due to occupational impairment caused by his symptoms and inability to concentrate.
- Claimed conditions
- Persistent depressive disorder, Generalized anxiety disorder, Skin disorder with scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24081012
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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.
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