The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder symptoms warrant a 50 percent disability rating, but no higher, from May 18, 2020.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25030479
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 703 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as persistent depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, due to exposure to water contaminants during service at Camp Lejeune on a direct basis.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected persistent depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder has rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and he is entitled to TDIU and special monthly compensation from May 28, 2021.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for persistent depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and denied an effective date prior to December 2, 2016, for service connection for the same condition. The appeal for individual unemployability (TDIU) was dismissed as moot.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability (persistent depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder) prevented them from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, and the Board granted TDIU based on this finding.
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