The Veteran's PTSD with panic disorder has been granted, and the initial rating assigned is 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms have resulted in occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Panic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 16, 2011
- Citation
- 1106468
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's PTSD with panic disorder was rated at 50 percent disabling, but the Board denied a rating over 50 percent as of January 28, 2020.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for lack of jurisdiction regarding an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with panic disorder prior to June 26, 2023.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD with panic disorder, a TDIU from October 12, 2018, to February 16, 2023, and an effective date of October 12, 2018, for the grant of eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's PTSD with panic disorder is rated at 30 percent prior to March 16, 2017 and 70 percent beginning March 16, 2017. The appeal for higher ratings remains pending as the issues are remanded.
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