The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include other specified depressive disorder with anxious distress, finding that the Veteran's current condition is due to in-service events.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's other specified depressive disorder with anxious distress was at least as likely as not caused by or due to events or conditions he experienced while on active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25056454
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,455 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for an effective date prior to May 4, 2012, for service connection and a higher initial rating for other specified depressive disorder with anxious distress; an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits. The appeal is also remanded to obtain outstanding private treatment records from TLS/Dr. A.B.
- Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of March 25, 2021 for the grant of service connection for tinnitus and other specified depressive disorder with anxious distress.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. The tinnitus, hypertension, and vertigo conditions are rated at the maximum allowable levels. The insomnia disorder and depressive disorder with anxious distress warrant a 70 percent rating.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on his service-connected disabilities, which include an unspecified depressive disorder, skin conditions, and a left index finger condition. The effective date will be determined by the AOJ.
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