Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), but denied an earlier effective date for service connection.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the severity of the Veteran's symptoms, which more closely approximated those required for a 70 percent rating, despite some evidence suggesting earlier entitlement to benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108658
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