The Veteran's PTSD with generalized anxiety disorder is currently rated at 50 percent, the highest available rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders. The Board found that his symptoms do not warrant a higher rating due to moderate social and occupational impairment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating as they were consistent with the current 50% disability rating, which considers reduced reliability and productivity due to flattened affect, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 29, 2011
- Citation
- 1131691
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