The Board has granted a 100 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder and psychosomatic tension/vascular headaches effective September 24, 1996. The decision also grants an earlier effective date of November 1, 1993.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the veteran was demonstrably unable to obtain or retain employment as a result of his psychiatric symptomatology associated with his service-connected disability between November 1, 1993 and September 24, 1996.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Major Depressive Disorder, Psychosomatic Tension/Vascular Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0424177
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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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