The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized by anxiety and depression with occasional bowel incontinence, has been productive of total occupational and social impairment for the period on appeal. As a result, he is entitled to a 100 percent disability rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran demonstrated significant symptoms including flattened affect, impaired judgment, disturbances of motivation and mood, difficulty establishing effective relationships, and intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living, which led to total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Neurosis, Psychophysiological Disorder of the Perianal Sphincter Muscles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 21, 2014
- Citation
- 1432417
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, as new evidence has been received that warrants readjudication.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and anxiety neurosis, assigning an effective date of September 2, 1966. The decision was based on new evidence received after the original claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for PTSD and anxiety neurosis, as well as his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, are being remanded for further action.
- Granted
The Veteran's anxiety neurosis with PTSD has been characterized by moderate occupational and social impairment, but neither deficiencies in most areas nor total occupational and social impairment is shown or more nearly approximated. The Board finds that the criteria for a rating of in excess of 50 percent have not been met.
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