The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is manifested by deficiencies in most areas of social and occupational functioning, including sleep disturbance with nightmares, intrusive thoughts, avoidant behavior, isolative behavior, hypervigilance, impaired impulse control, history of suicidal ideation, irritability, and anger. The Board finds that the criteria for a 70 percent disability rating have been met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms, including flattened affect, circumstantial speech, near-continuous panic attacks, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired judgment, impairment of short and long-term memory, and disturbances of motivation and mood, more closely approximate the criteria for a 70 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 9411.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1013309
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding the appellant's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 21, 2007, for the award of service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder with anxious distress.
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