The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is granted, as his PTSD and other service-connected conditions render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran has been rated 80% disabled due to service-connected PTSD and other conditions, which are sufficient for a total disability rating based on unemployability without the need for additional criteria like high school education or prior work experience.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), residuals of gunshot wound to the right leg with fracture of tibia and bone defect, scars, tender, right ankle and left wrist, as residuals of gunshot wound
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 80%
- Decision date
- May 25, 2001
- Citation
- 0114700
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder with social anxiety disorder and PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to or caused by the Veteran's military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids, scars, low back disability, left ankle disability, left and right shoulder disabilities, and left and right hip disabilities as the evidence did not show that the Veteran had these conditions or related symptoms during the appeal period.
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