The Board granted an effective date of September 10, 2021, for the award of a 70 percent rating and TDIU due to service-connected depressive disorder with anxiety disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric disability had continuously worsened since the last rating decision in August 2012, warranting an earlier effective date based on the evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive disorder with anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104288
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,676 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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