Partly granted
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and substance use disorder, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's symptoms of his service-connected conditions caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas as required for higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, recurrent moderate, generalized anxiety disorder, substance use disorder in sustained remission, left temporomandibular joint disorder (previously rated as fractured mandible, right)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25104939
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