The veteran's PTSD symptoms are severe enough to warrant a 70 percent rating, but not a 100 percent rating. The evidence is insufficient to reopen the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a skin disorder.
The deciding factor: The severity of the veteran's PTSD symptoms, including suicidal ideation, extreme social isolation, panic attacks, anxiety, and depression, warrant a 70 percent rating under the criteria for mental disorders. However, there is no new evidence that would allow reopening the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a skin disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bilateral Hearing Loss, Skin Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0903653
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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