The Board has determined that the Veteran's anxiety reaction with headaches, dizziness, and dysthmia does not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent due to occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the service-connected psychiatric disability results in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity but does not result in more severe symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial or stereotyped speech, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired judgment, or disturbances of motivation and mood.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Reaction with Headaches, Dizziness, and Dysthmia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1027908
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What this means for you
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