The Board has granted a 100 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, which is productive of total occupational impairment.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran was unemployable due to his psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability, respiratory disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0024643
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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.
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of fees from past due benefits awarded in November 2024, as the decision was an initial decision on a new claim seeking increased rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a back disability, hand warts, and psychiatric disability due to inconsistencies in the Veteran's reports regarding the etiology of these conditions.
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