The veteran's service-connected PTSD and anxiety disorder are rated at a 100 percent, the highest rating possible under VA guidelines. The decision also notes that since the schedular rating is total (100%), there is no basis for assigning a TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's psychiatric disability meets the criteria for a 100% rating due to total occupational and social impairment, as per the new General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders effective November 7, 1996. Since the schedular rating is already at 100%, no TDIU rating can be assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0008850
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What this means for you
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