The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for post-traumatic stress disorder, effective from the date of receipt of the claim in May 1996. The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability is rated under the criteria that were in effect prior to November 7, 1996.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the veteran had significant impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms such as flattened affect, impaired judgment, and disturbances of motivation and mood. The GAF score was 50, indicating severe psychological distress.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0315984
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- Granted
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