The Board has determined that the veteran's anxiety disorder with post-traumatic stress disorder warrants a 50 percent disability rating, as it meets the criteria for such under Diagnostic Code 9411.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows occupational and social impairment due to symptoms like panic attacks more than once a week, impaired short-term memory, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood, which aligns with the criteria for a 50 percent rating under DC 9411.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2002
- Citation
- 0203250
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