The veteran was granted an effective date of January 31, 1994 for a 50% rating for Asperger's disorder.,The veteran is also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran met the criteria for a 50% rating for his psychiatric disorder as of January 31, 1994. The effective date was assigned one year prior to the receipt of his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Asperger's disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2002
- Citation
- 0213872
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as well as his claims for initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for lumbar spine DDD and left thigh meralgia paresthetica. The reasons are that the VA examinations were insufficient for rating purposes and new evidence is needed to assess the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disabilities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current depressive disorder began during service and has continued since, granting service connection for this condition. The issue of service connection for Asperger's disorder is addressed in the REMAND portion of the decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional evidentiary development and readjudication, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the etiology of the veteran's psychiatric conditions.
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