The veteran's dementia has resulted in difficulty in understanding complex commands, impairment of short-and long-term memory, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood. The VA Board granted a 50 percent evaluation for the veteran's dementia.
The deciding factor: The VA Board found that the veteran's dementia met the criteria for a 50 percent rating based on occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms such as flattened affect, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood.
- Claimed conditions
- dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0636315
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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
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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