The Board has granted an effective date of May 30, 1995 for a 70 percent evaluation for PTSD and entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports the conclusion that the veteran was totally disabled due to his PTSD as of December 1, 1995.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0017670
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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.
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