Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 100 percent for the Veteran's service-connected recurrent major depressive disorder with anxious distress, and dismissed the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to this condition. The Veteran was also granted basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.
The deciding factor: The symptomology and overall impairment caused by the Veteran's service-connected MDD with anxious distress more nearly approximated total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent major depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105808
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