The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder, with psychotic features and anxious distress, is granted a 100 percent rating effective February 22, 2021. The appeal for service connection for a heart condition and TDIU is remanded.
The deciding factor: The functional impairment resulting from the Veteran's psychiatric disability has more nearly approximated total occupational and social impairment since the date of his continuously pursued increased rating claim, due to symptoms such as gross impairment in thought processes or communication; persistent delusions or hallucinations; grossly inappropriate behavior; persistent danger of hurting self or others; and intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, with psychotic features and anxious distress, heart condition (claimed as coronary artery disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25029702
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,863 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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