The Board has granted a 50 percent disability evaluation for the veteran's psychiatric disorder, characterized as an anxiety reaction or post-traumatic stress disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed impairment in reliability and productivity in occupational and social situations due to symptoms such as difficulty understanding complex commands, decline in memory, and impairment of short- and long-term memory. The GAF scores ranged from 54 to 65, which corresponded to a 50 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety reaction, post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0008690
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the Veteran's motions to reverse or revise prior rating decisions on grounds of clear and unmistakable error (CUE), finding no such errors in the March 1971 and August 2004 decisions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for post-traumatic stress disorder to provide her with another opportunity to attend a new VA mental health examination.
- Granted
The Board grants the appeal in full, granting service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
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