The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent and the Board has determined that a 50 percent rating is warranted based on his symptoms of anxious mood, poor abstracting ability, nightmares, and GAF score of 55. The other service-connected conditions are also rated as they were before.

The deciding factor: The veteran's PTSD was found to meet the criteria for a 50 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 9411 due to his symptoms including anxious mood, poor abstracting ability, nightmares, and GAF score of 55. The other service-connected conditions did not warrant higher ratings.

Claimed conditions

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right buttock, Muscle Group XVII, with retained metallic foreign body, Residuals of shell fragment wounds of the left posterior thorax, Muscle Group II, Residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right lower arm near the elbow, Muscle Group VII, with retained metallic foreign body, Residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right anterior thigh, Muscle Group XIV, with retained metallic foreign body, Obliteration of the left costophrenic angle

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

50%

Decision date

February 14, 2000

Citation

0003810

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