The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a 50 percent disability rating, but not higher.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms of memory impairment, flattened affect, impaired abstract thinking, disturbances of motivation or mood, and difficulty in establishing and maintaining social relationships. The current level of impairment does not meet the criteria for a 70 percent disability rating (total occupational and social impairment) as defined by Diagnostic Code 9411.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0638928
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What this means for you
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