The Veteran's service-connected psychotic disorder is currently rated at 50 percent. The Board has determined that a 100 percent evaluation, the highest rating available, should be granted due to total occupational and social impairment caused by symptoms such as homicidal ideation, auditory hallucinations, paranoid beliefs, depression, impaired judgement, chronic sleep impairment, limited ability to attend to personal hygiene and medication management, impaired impulse control, and inability to communicate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychotic disorder is characterized by extremely severe symptoms including homicidal ideation, a limited ability to perform basic tasks of personal hygiene and medication management, impaired impulse control, and an inability to communicate. These symptoms are indicative of total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- psychotic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18110808
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