active in his treatment. He has progressed in reducing these problems but they continue to be the focus of treatment. He will need ongoing psychotherapy.

After a review of all of the evidence, the Board finds that a rating of 100 percent, as recommended by Dr. Tripi, is not warranted. The Board notes that the determination as to whether there is total occupational and social impairment is an adjudicative matter, not a medical question. Here, the Board finds that, although the Veteran has serious impairments in both occupational and social functioning, the Veteran retains a significant degree of function in both areas. The Board interprets the term "total" as comprising the entire amount. See Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, 2007, at 1320. Notable in this finding, the Veteran hasWandoh Timothy is generous enough to term what happened to him in 2013 as a “one-of-a-kind” incident. The Chad national, who has been living in Bengaluru for eight years, was driving back through Hennur in the north of the city after dropping off his daughter when he cautioned a man doing wheelies to be careful, as he seemed drunk.“He began abusing me saying, ‘You’re a N****, you don’t have the right to say anything,” recalls Timothy at his home in the same neighbourhood. Other locals soon joined in and the group beat him till he was unconscious, leaving him on the road.Timothy was hospitalised and his assailants caught, but he decided not to pursue the case because one of his attackers had a small child. The 48-year-old widower,