The Veteran's anxiety disorder is granted a 50 percent rating, but denied any rating in excess of that. The Veteran also receives a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms have been shown to meet the criteria for a 50 percent rating under the general rating formula for mental disorders, which includes occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as flattened affect, circumstantial or stereotyped speech, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23021334
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What this means for you
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