The veteran's PTSD, dysthymia and anxiety disability results in severe social and occupational impairment due to depression, irritability, increasing anxiety, combat-related flashbacks, nightmares, sleep difficulty and intrusive thoughts. The Board has granted a 70 percent evaluation for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected PTSD, dysthymia and anxiety resulted in severe impairment of social and occupational functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Dysthymia, Anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0111345
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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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