The Veteran's service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder with OCD and Depressive Disorder is rated at 70 percent disabling since November 23, 2011.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated significant occupational and social impairment due to symptoms such as flattened affect, near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, and deficiencies in judgment and thinking.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1714460
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What this means for you
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