The Board granted an effective date of January 24, 2023, for a 70 percent rating for other specified depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: Given the Veteran's statements and symptoms noted in VA treatment records, the Board found it factually ascertainable that the increase in his acquired psychiatric disorder was present at the start of the period on review.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054705
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 service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied service connection for various other conditions, including cluster headaches, traumatic brain injury, allergic rhinitis, and others. Some claims were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and other specified depressive disorder, but denied an increased rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for other specified depressive disorder due to a failure to provide adequate notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.
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