The Board has granted a 100 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected psychoneurosis, anxiety state, finding that his chronic and severe psychiatric symptomatology renders him unable to obtain and maintain gainful employment or sustain effective social relationships.
The deciding factor: The veteran's GAF scores reflect serious impairment in social and occupational functioning, which is indicative of a 100 percent rating under the DSM-IV criteria for mental disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- psychoneurosis, anxiety state
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0613479
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and thus denied his claim for service connection for the cause of death.
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