The Veteran's unspecified neurocognitive disorder has been granted an initial rating of 50 percent effective January 23, 2006. The RO found that the disability manifested by occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms have resulted in occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, warranting a 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 9410.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified Neurocognitive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1449017
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