The Veteran's psychotic disorder, NOS has been granted an initial evaluation of 30 percent effective December 26, 2002.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the Veteran had occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks due to depression, isolation, hyperactivity, anxiety, impaired thought processes, impaired judgment and irritability.
- Claimed conditions
- psychotic disorder, NOS
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1001212
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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.
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