The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for schizophrenia, undifferentiated type and determined that the veteran meets the criteria for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected schizophrenia, undifferentiated type, is manifested by occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial speech, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood. These symptoms are consistent with the criteria for a 70 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 9204.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, undifferentiated type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0602454
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of schizophrenia, undifferentiated type. The Veteran's claim was initially denied in October 1992 and reopened on August 19, 2010. Service connection was established with a 50% rating effective from August 19, 2010.
- Granted
The Veteran's schizophrenia, undifferentiated type is rated at 100 percent effective from March 25, 2011, due to total occupational and social impairment.
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