The Veteran's anxiety disorder is currently evaluated at 50 percent, effective May 30, 2006. The Board finds that he is not entitled to a higher rating as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s anxiety disorder does not result in deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood due to symptoms like obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities; speech intermittently illogical, obscure, or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively; impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods of violence); spatial disorientation; neglect of personal appearance and hygiene; difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0923213
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