The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at the highest possible evaluation of 100 percent due to its severity and impact on his daily life.
The deciding factor: The veteran demonstrated total disability due to service-connected PTSD, as evidenced by his inability to obtain or retain employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2003
- Citation
- 0330242
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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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