The veteran's death was due to end stage renal disease and hypertension. The Board found that the veteran, who had been continuously rated as totally disabled for a period of more than ten years prior to his death, would have been entitled to receive a 100% disability evaluation if he had filed a claim for such benefits before February 1979.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected psychiatric condition (anxiety neurosis and depressive neurosis) met the criteria for a 100% disability rating under the Schedule for Rating Disabilities prior to February 1979, which was granted at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety neurosis, Depressive neurosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0015181
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case because there is insufficient evidence to determine whether the Veteran's depressive neurosis is secondary to his service-connected migraines or if it began during service. The examiner will need to provide a more detailed opinion on these issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for anxiety neurosis was denied in 1973, and the denial is not considered clear and unmistakable error. The claim for PTSD has been reopened due to new evidence received since 1984, but service connection remains unresolved.
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