The Board granted an initial compensable evaluation of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected mild neurocognitive disorder with adjustment disorder, unspecified.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect, panic attacks, impairment of long-term memory, disturbances of motivation and mood, difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- mild neurocognitive disorder with adjustment disorder, unspecified
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066798
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.
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