The Veteran's service-connected psychotic disorder has been manifested by total occupational and social impairment throughout the appeal period, warranting a 100 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran exhibited significant psychiatric symptoms that have consistently impaired her ability to be gainfully employed and resulted in total social and occupational impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychotic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1453843
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder. The claim will be reconsidered based on the evidence of record and any new examination results.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the Veteran's current symptoms are related to his deployment to Southwest Asia.
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