The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder with anxious features from October 4, 2019, but denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, which supports a 50 percent rating, but not higher.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder with anxious features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25054097
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,762 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disorders and their relationship to service-connected tension headaches. The AOJ is instructed to attempt verification of the Veteran’s claimed stressor, conduct a new VA examination, and provide an opinion on whether any currently identified psychiatric disability had its onset during active service or is otherwise related to active service.
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