The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 70 percent for service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective July 1, 2020.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's symptoms produced severe impairment of social and industrial adaptability, warranting a 70 percent rating. The evidence also supported that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, justifying TDIU effective July 1, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- Paranoid Schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110768
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