The Veteran is found competent to manage his VA benefits and financial affairs, including handling his own funds without limitation. The appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows the Veteran's competency has improved over time, with a private physician stating he is capable of managing his finances and the Veteran's wife confirming this.
- Claimed conditions
- General Anxiety Disorder, Unspecified Neurocognitive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18128990
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of July 15, 2019 for the award of a 100% rating for PTSD with unspecified neurocognitive disorder and alcohol use disorder in remission. The grant of this rating renders the issue of entitlement to TDIU moot.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of General Anxiety Disorder, and the Board dismissed the case as a result.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal of a proposed reduction in the Veteran's rating for general anxiety disorder as it is not an adjudicative decision that can be appealed to the Board.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 70 percent disability rating, effective from November 25, 2015. A higher rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD is denied. The Veteran also receives a TDIU based on his service-connected psychiatric disabilities.
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