The Veteran's service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder and Seizure Disorder, Grand Mal Type render him unemployable, allowing for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: VA examiners concluded that the Veteran’s service-connected psychiatric disabilities caused significant functional effects that interfered with his ability to obtain and maintain substantial gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder, Seizure Disorder, Grand Mal Type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- July 6, 2018
- Citation
- 18116386
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