The Board granted a 70 percent rating for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and entitlement to a Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU), effective March 25, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's MDD manifested in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, but not in total occupational and social impairment. The service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25042675
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include MDD, as secondary to service-connected disabilities due to a duty to assist error.
- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 21, 2024, for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder (MDD).
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 3, 1982 for the 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder (MDD), but denied an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
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