The Board granted a 70 percent initial rating for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) with major depressive disorder (MDD), finding that the severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms produce occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a 70 percent rating due to the Veteran's GAD with MDD causing occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, but not total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108850
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 831 · Granted: 48% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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