The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for other specified depressive/anxiety disorder with mild alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms, including suicidal ideation and impaired impulse control, warranted a 70 percent rating under the criteria for occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified depressive/anxiety disorder, mild alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25036694
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 772 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Dismissed
The appeal to decrease the evaluation of unspecified depressive disorder with mild alcohol use disorder from 70% to 50% was dismissed because it was premature.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to warrant readjudicating the claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. The case is being remanded for further evaluation.
- Granted
The Veteran's psychiatric disability, including bipolar disorder with alcohol and cannabis use disorders, is rated at 70% prior to September 8, 2021. A TDIU was granted based on the combined effect of these service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development regarding his claims of increased rating for bipolar disorder and TDIU prior to September 8, 2021.
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