The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, the highest available rating under VA guidelines. The Board has also granted entitlement to a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms have resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, family relations, judgment, thinking, and mood due to symptoms such as suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities; intermittent illogical, obscure or irrelevant speech; near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently; impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods of violence); neglect of personal appearance and hygiene; difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances (including work or a worklike setting); and an inability to establish and maintain effective relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Seborrheic Psoriasis, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Shell Fragment Wounds of the Left Wrist, Left Digital and Thumb Numbness Secondary to Shell Fragment Wounds of the Left Wrist, Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Shell Fragment Wounds of the Left Thigh, Shell Fragment Wounds of the Chest, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Lower Extremity, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Lower Extremity, Shell Fragment Wounds of the Right Thigh, Shell Fragment Wounds of the Arm and Left Hip, Erectile Dysfunction Secondary to Diabetes Mellitus Type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1029438
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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