The Veteran's anxiety disorder is rated at 70 percent, effective October 30, 2014. The Board also granted TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's anxiety disorder caused occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial speech, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood. The Board found that these symptoms met the criteria for a 70 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Depressive Disorder NOS, Substance Abuse Disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19116447
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What this means for you
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