Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date prior to February 26, 2024, for a 70 percent rating for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and denied an initial compensable rating for hypothyroidism. Service connection was also granted for chronic kidney disease as secondary to service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's MDD symptoms more closely approximated the criteria for a 50 percent rating until April 26, 2023, and a 70 percent rating from April 27, 2023. The evidence did not support an initial compensable rating for hypothyroidism.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder with Anxious Distress (MDD), Hypothyroidism, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095261
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