The Board granted a 70 percent rating for depressive disorder with anxious distress and denied service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, which is already included in the rating for his service-connected depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, met the criteria for a 70 percent rating. However, the generalized anxiety disorder was already included in the rating for his service-connected depressive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive disorder with anxious distress, Generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25051096
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 9, 2022, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, other specified depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating higher than 70 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for TDIU, DEA benefits, and a finding of TDIU based solely on generalized anxiety disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than April 9, 2024, for the assignment of a 70 percent evaluation for insomnia disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder.
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