The Board granted a disability rating of 100 percent for major depressive disorder with anxiety from April 1, 2020.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate a 100% impairment due to severe occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033453
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal to revise an August 2019 rating decision that denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding no clear and unmistakable error (CUE). However, it granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxiety as secondary to fibromyalgia.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 8, 1993, for the Veteran's service connected acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical examination to determine if the Veteran's current neck strain is related to his in-service activities.
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