The veteran's psychophysiological musculoskeletal reaction is currently rated at 30 percent disabling, and the Board finds that this rating adequately reflects his symptoms.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks due to symptoms such as mild memory loss and anxiety. The veteran's GAF scores have ranged from 50 to 60, indicative of moderate symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- psychophysiological musculoskeletal reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0303976
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,613 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's 100% disability rating for his service-connected psychophysiological musculoskeletal reaction and dementia associated with alcoholism from June 1, 2007 to March 16, 2010.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for his service-connected psychophysiological musculoskeletal reaction, to include tremors of the neck and head, has been dismissed as he is satisfied with the partial grant of benefits.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed as the substantive appeal was not timely filed following the March 25, 2007 statement of the case that reduced his disability evaluation to 50 percent.
- Denied
The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him housebound or in need of aid and attendance.,Proper appellate posture for review by the Board has not been acquired for the matters concerning claimed error in the Board decisions dated in 1947, 1962, 1963, 1984, and 1986. The claims of error in these decisions are dismissed without prejudice to refiling.
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