The Board has granted a 50% rating for PTSD with bipolar disorder since the effective date of service connection, and has denied increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms have resulted in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a higher evaluation than the current 30 percent assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Bipolar Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0630447
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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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