The veteran's PTSD is manifested by poor anger management and nightmares, but does not cause an occasional decrease in work efficiency or intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks. The RO granted service connection for PTSD with a 10 percent disability evaluation.
The deciding factor: The veteran's PTSD symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher initial rating as his symptoms were mild to moderate and did not result in significant functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 10, 2004
- Citation
- 0415015
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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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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C, jaundice, hypogeusia, and hyposmia as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C and remanded the claim for a heart disability due to insufficient evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to be readjudicated on the merits due to new and relevant evidence.
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