The Board denied an increased rating for the appellant's catatonic schizophrenia and did not find that he met the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the appellant's schizophrenia resulted in reduced reliability and productivity, but did not meet the criteria for higher ratings due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas or total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- catatonic schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1033499
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to determine if the Veteran had an acquired psychiatric disability during service and whether any such disability was caused by his active duty military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's catatonic schizophrenia is manifested by near continuous anxiety, irritability, angry outbursts, sleeping problems, restlessness, insecurity, forgetfulness, fearfulness, depressive states, ambivalence, persecutory ideas, constant negative thoughts, and hearing voices. The Board has granted a 100 percent schedular disability rating for catatonic schizophrenia.
- Granted
The Board finds that the veteran's acquired psychotic disorder, including PTSD symptoms, was manifested to a degree of ten percent or more within one year of his date of separation from service and grants service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Granted
The Board's decision to terminate the veteran's total compensation rating based on individual unemployability was found to be in error due to a failure to apply the correct regulatory standard of actual employability. The decision is now reversed and the rating is restored.
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