The veteran's PTSD is rated at 50% since February 17, 2000. The Board found that the evidence does not support a higher rating for this period. Service connection for back and bilateral knee disabilities was granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports did not show symptoms warranting a higher evaluation for PTSD or service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Back disability, Bilateral knee disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0022630
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to March 7, 2022, while other claims were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disability, headaches, a back disability, heart disability, and residuals of a stroke, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service or caused by his service-connected left ear disabilities.
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