Partly granted
The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, effective August 21, 2024.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, justifying a 50 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105577
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