The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, which includes schizophrenia and dysthymia with alcoholism, is now rated at the highest possible level of 100 percent due to its total social and industrial inadaptability. As a result, his claim for a total rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disability is moot.
The deciding factor: The veteran's psychiatric disability has resulted in such severe functional impairment that it now meets the criteria for a 100% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 9204 (psychiatric disabilities).
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, dysthymia with alcoholism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0309763
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