The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder, recurrent.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's depression symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, but not occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, recurrent
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25036732
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,902 · Granted: 11% (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
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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