The Veteran's neurocognitive disorder and psychotic disorder due to a TBI resulted in total occupational and social impairment from August 14, 2001 to August 24, 2015.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran experienced flattened affect, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood, which resulted in reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- Neurocognitive Disorder, Psychotic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1758238
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