The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent disabling, effective January 31, 2002. The VA has granted a total (100%) disability rating for the period from April 22, 2004 onwards.
The deciding factor: PTSD symptoms have been characterized by occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work and family relations due to suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities; near-continuous depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively; neglect of personal hygiene; and difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances (including work or a work-like setting).
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0613680
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