The Veteran was granted a 100 percent disability rating for anxiety disorder with PTSD, effective June 8, 2008, due to his inability to obtain or retain employment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms significantly impaired his ability to function socially and occupationally, meeting the criteria for a 100 percent rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a back injury, Anxiety disorder with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0908787
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 remanded the issues of service connection for residuals of a pelvic injury, back injury, left hip injury, and head injury, as well as the issue regarding whether the injuries were due to willful misconduct.
- Partly granted
The Board reopened the claim for service connection for residuals of a back injury due to new and material evidence but denied it on the merits. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and traumatic brain injury were all denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a back injury, finding that the preponderance of the evidence was against establishing a link between the disability and active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal must be remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of the veteran's claims.
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