The veteran's anxiety disorder with features of post-traumatic stress and depressive disorder is manifested by severe symptoms, including daily panic attacks, severe depression, sleep impairment, inability to concentrate, flashbacks, impaired impulse control, isolative behavior, difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances, neglect of personal appearance and hygiene, flattened affect, paranoia, suicidal ideation, and an inability to establish and maintain effective relationships. The Board finds that the veteran's disability more nearly approximates a 70 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The severity of the veteran's anxiety disorder with features of post-traumatic stress and depressive disorder is manifested by severe symptoms, including daily panic attacks, severe depression, sleep impairment, inability to concentrate, flashbacks, impaired impulse control, isolative behavior, difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances, neglect of personal appearance and hygiene, flattened affect, paranoia, suicidal ideation, and an inability to establish and maintain effective relationships. These symptoms are more consistent with a 70 percent evaluation under the criteria for anxiety disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder with features of post-traumatic stress and depressive disorder, Fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0814891
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.
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