The Board has determined that the veteran's major depression with psychotic features warrants a 100 percent schedular rating, effective from November 7, 1996.
The deciding factor: The veteran exhibits total occupational and social impairment due to symptoms such as screaming and yelling at people, paranoia, inadequate judgment and insight, time disorientation, lack of friends, and inability to establish effective relationships. These symptoms align with the criteria for a 100 percent schedular rating under Diagnostic Code 9434.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depression with Psychotic Features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0115641
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the proposal to reduce the rating for PTSD and major depression with psychotic features from 100 percent to 70 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to missing correspondence and missed examination. The Veteran will be asked again to submit information corroborating a sexual or personal assault during service, and he will be scheduled for a VA psychiatric examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for major depression with psychotic features was reopened and granted effective September 10, 1980.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of February 21, 2003 for a 30 percent evaluation for his service-connected major depression with psychotic features. The decision found that there was no evidence of a factually ascertainable increase in disability prior to February 21, 2003.
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