The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder with anxiety, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran based on his persistent hallucinations and delusions stemming from combat experience.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated total social and occupational impairment during the duration of the period on appeal, as evidenced by his persistent hallucinations and delusions.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100117
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,088 · Granted: 33% (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
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
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