The VA granted service connection for cyclothymia and assigned a 30 percent disability rating effective from January 1, 2002.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia were considered in remission with occasional periods of decreased work efficiency and inability to perform tasks.
- Claimed conditions
- Cyclothymia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0531310
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, mood disorder, undifferentiated somatoform disorder, adjustment disorder, bipolar disorder, and cyclothymia. The Board found that there was no credible evidence of an in-service sexual assault or other stressor to support a diagnosis of PTSD, and thus could not establish service connection on this basis.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his claim of entitlement to an effective date earlier than September 30, 2008 for the grant of a 30 percent rating for PTSD.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD was found to be manifested by symptoms such as depression, impaired concentration and focus, lack of motivation, and social isolation, which most closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity. The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for PTSD through May 12, 2010.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to obtain additional service personnel records and provide the Veteran with an examination to clarify his current psychiatric diagnoses and their relationship, if any, to service.
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