Granted
The Veteran's service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability was granted with a rating of 50 percent effective October 5, 2018.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability, but without deficiencies in most areas or total occupational and social impairment during this period.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder associated with residuals of fracture of right mandible and left maxilla (acquired psychiatric disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25010235
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