The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment, but rather occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners noted symptoms such as depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks more than once a week, chronic sleep impairment, impairment of short- and long-term memory, suicidal ideations, intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living. However, these symptoms did not meet the criteria for a 100 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, ischemic heart disease, coronary artery bypass graft
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19144778
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What this means for you
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