The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected major depression with anxiety, chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia warrants a 70 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrated severe impairment of social and industrial adaptability due to symptoms including flattened affect, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired judgment, disturbances of motivation and mood, and an inability to establish effective relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- major depression with anxiety, chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0602705
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