The Board has determined that the veteran's total occupational and social impairment, due to his service-connected dysthymic disorder, organic dementia, and stroke, warrants a 100 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder had greatly increased in severity due to the stroke, leading to total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymic disorder, organic dementia, stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 9, 2002
- Citation
- 0209548
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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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