The Veteran's PTSD was rated as 50 percent disabling, effective August 18, 2003.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the severity of symptoms including occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect, panic attacks more than once per week, difficulty in understanding complex commands, impairment of short- and long-term memory, impaired judgment, impaired abstract thinking, disturbances of motivation and mood, and difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep disorder (obstructive sleep apnea), low back disability (lumbar strain with herniated discs), asthma, hypertension, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0909786
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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