The veteran's service-connected PTSD is now shown to be manifested by a level of impairment that more nearly approximates the criteria for a 50 percent rating, warranting an increased disability rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's PTSD symptoms have worsened such that they now meet the criteria for a 50 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 9411.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Chronic Depression, Anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0203397
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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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