The veteran's PTSD has been found to be 70 percent disabling, based on ongoing symptoms of depression, difficulty sleeping due to nightmares, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, panic attacks, irritability, exaggerated startle response, hypervigilance, problems with concentration, social isolation, suicidal ideations, psychomotor retardation, difficulty concentrating, and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores ranging from 39-45.
The deciding factor: The veteran's PTSD symptoms, including depression, sleep disturbance, flashbacks, and other psychological issues, were found to be severe enough to warrant a 70 percent rating under the criteria for PTSD in the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0902114
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, as well as presumptive service connection for basal cell carcinoma under the PACT Act. Service connection was denied for chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, right restless leg syndrome, left restless leg syndrome, an increased rating for psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, a left forehead surgical scar, and allergic rhinitis.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as the Veteran did not have a diagnosis of PTSD or any other psychiatric disorder during the appeal period.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, hypertension, and various musculoskeletal and skin disabilities.
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