Anxiety decisions — 2003

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder causes reduced productivity, but does not result in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas. A 50 percent rating is granted for the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability.

The veteran's anxiety disorder is rated at a 30 percent level, which meets the criteria for this rating based on occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened, and the Board found that she had a valid claim based on her reported trauma in service. The January 1956 rating decision denying service connection for a nervous condition is not considered clear and unmistakable error.

The veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction is rated at 70 percent, the maximum schedular rating available.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD, finding insufficient evidence to support a diagnosis and linking it to an in-service stressor.

The VA granted service connection for PTSD and TDIU effective October 2, 2000, based on new evidence submitted since the prior denial in December 1995.