The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for depressive disorder with PTSD prior to March 22, 2019, but denied a higher rating from that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms met the criteria for a 70 percent rating but not for a 100 percent rating based on occupational and social impairment in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25036991
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (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 partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, an initial disability rating in excess of 20 percent for the left ankle arthritis with pain, and an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for the depressive disorder with PTSD. The claims for service connection for a low back disability, right lower extremity neurological disability, and left lower extremity neurological disability were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to obtain the Veteran's private treatment records and to schedule him for a DRO hearing. The claims are being remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his service-connected psychiatric disability is remanded due to the possibility of an increase in severity. Additional development, including obtaining VA and non-VA treatment records, is required.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions prior to June 6, 2019 do not prevent him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
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