The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disabilities (major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe, without psychotic features with PTSD) preclude him from the ability to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education, skills, training, and work history.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's documented social limitations, irritability, proclivity towards conflict, and difficulty adapting to stress would likely significantly limit his abilities to appropriately and efficiently interact with supervisors, co-workers and the public, as would be expected in a work environment, especially in a work environment of a police officer.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder, recurrent, severe, without psychotic features with PTSD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033652
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.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a disability rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder, effective October 24, 2017. The Board also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to the need for a more comprehensive medical examination and opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder prior to September 10, 2022, and in excess of 70 percent thereafter.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the award of a 100 percent rating for PTSD and major depressive disorder, an earlier effective date for TDIU due to service-connected conditions, and a compensable rating for hypertension. The claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and coronary artery disease were remanded.
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