The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability renders her unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder is rated as 70 percent disabling, and the evidence shows she has significant difficulty performing tasks required by employment due to her mental health condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25041936
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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