The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for depressive disorder with depressive features and a TDIU from June 30, 2020, to March 8, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, chronic sleep impairment, mild memory loss, disturbances of motivation and mood, difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships, and inability to establish and maintain effective relationships warranted a 70 percent rating. The service-connected disabilities also prevented the Veteran from securing or following any form of substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive disorder with depressive features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039734
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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