The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for PTSD, effective January 6, 2004. The veteran's PTSD is characterized by occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
The deciding factor: PTSD symptoms have been productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity since the effective date of service connection on January 6, 2004.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0602963
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, erectile dysfunction, cataracts, residuals of a stroke, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. However, tinnitus was granted.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to in-service toxic exposure.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and its secondary conditions of peripheral neuropathy in the upper and lower extremities as well as left lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the condition and his active service.
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