The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate with anxious distress.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment during the period on appeal, which is required for a rating higher than 70 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096725
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,592 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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