The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 100% evaluation, effective from March 1998. The veteran's other claims are pending.
The deciding factor: PTSD symptoms have been consistently severe, with GAF scores indicating significant impairment in social functioning and occupational ability.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, bilateral foot disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral ankle disability, left shoulder disability, residuals of wart removal of the right cheek and left index finger, eye disability (claimed as headaches), left hip disability, hypertension, blackouts (secondary to service-connected disability), lumbar spine disability, thoracic spine disability, obsessive-compulsive disorder, shrapnel wounds of the eyes and face
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0329303
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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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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches and increased ratings for left shoulder rotator cuff tear, right shoulder rotator cuff tear, hypertension, and left and right leg restless leg syndrome. The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder.
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