The Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder precluded him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, leading to the grant of a TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of depression significantly impacted his ability to work, as evidenced by the private vocational assessment.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified depressive disorder, Tinea pedis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25045333
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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include alcohol use disorder, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, and PTSD was granted. Other claims for various conditions were denied.
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the case.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed as PTSD, trauma-related disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, and insomnia.
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