The Board granted a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder from January 31, 2020, and denied ratings in excess of 30 percent prior to that date. The Board also granted a 30 percent rating for left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy starting May 12, 2021.
The deciding factor: The persuasive weight of the evidence is in approximate balance that the Veteran's symptoms were severe enough to warrant a higher rating after January 31, 2020, but not before. The Board also found that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy warranted a 30 percent rating as of May 12, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, non-hodgkin's lymphoma, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the anterior tibial, external popliteal, internal popliteal, posterior tibial, and musculocutaneous nerves, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the anterior tibial, external popliteal, internal popliteal, posterior tibial, and musculocutaneous nerves, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the anterior crural nerve, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the anterior crural nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the external cutaneous nerve of the thigh, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the external cutaneous nerve of the thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25034250
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,135 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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