The veteran's PTSD has been rated at 30 percent since the May 1998 rating decision. The VA examiner determined that his current GAF score is 45, indicating severe impairment due to PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's PTSD symptoms have worsened and are causing significant social and industrial inadaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Chronic Paranoid Type Schizophrenia, Alcohol Dependence, Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2001
- Citation
- 0103822
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to March 7, 2022, while other claims were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, diagnosed as major depressive disorder and adjustment disorder with depressed mood, based on the Veteran's reported symptoms during and since service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and GAD, as well as tinnitus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as it needs a medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the condition prior to October 16, 2023.
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