The Board has granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with bipolar disorder effective February 8, 2005. The veteran's claim of entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability is moot due to the assigned rating.
The deciding factor: PTSD with bipolar disorder resulted in gross impairment in thought processes and communication, persistent danger of hurting self or others, and intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living (including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene).
- Claimed conditions
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Hiatal hernia, Esophagitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0634113
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