The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder is so severe as to render him demonstrably unable to maintain or retain employment, warranting a 100% disability rating since December 9, 1994.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed substantial psychoneurotic manifestations affecting the veteran's occupational functioning and his continued unemployability due to his service-connected disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0022235
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