The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 50 percent disability rating, effective from August 26, 1994. The claim for increased PTSD evaluation is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the appellant's PTSD symptoms have resulted in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as flattened affect, circumstantial speech, near-continuous panic or depression affecting ability to function independently, appropriate and effectively.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss, tinnitus, elbow disorder, right hip disorder, heart disorder (secondary to PTSD), skin disorder, cervical spine disorder (secondary to herbicide exposure), peripheral neuropathy (secondary to herbicide exposure)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0031156
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