The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a 50 percent disability rating, and he is entitled to a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation of PTSD, but the veteran meets the requirements for a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Post-traumatic headaches with vertigo, Shell fragment wounds on the right leg, Residuals of rib fractures and herniorrhaphy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0617845
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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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