Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and insomnia, painful right hand laceration scar, right hand laceration scar associated with underlying soft tissue damage, and hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating as the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the criteria for the currently assigned ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxious distress and insomnia, painful right hand laceration scar, right hand laceration scar associated with underlying soft tissue damage, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25104063
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