The Board granted a 70 percent rating for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder and unspecified depressive disorder from September 25, 2017.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of suicidal ideation, impaired judgment, and difficulty establishing effective work and social relationships warranted a higher rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25044668
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, finding that her symptoms more closely approximated those required for such a rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, mood disorder, and unspecified depressive disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed as unspecified depressive disorder and major depressive disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, previously claimed as PTSD.
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