The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent disabling, and the Board has granted a higher rating from the previous 10 percent. The issue of an earlier effective date for service connection remains pending.
The deciding factor: The veteran's PTSD was previously rated at 10 percent but now receives a 50 percent disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Fatigue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0012725
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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.
What you can do next
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