The Veteran's PTSD with depression is currently rated at 30 percent, but the evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating as it fails to demonstrate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms do not meet the criteria for a 50% disability evaluation under Diagnostic Code 9411 due to lack of specific symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial speech, panic attacks more than once a week, difficulty understanding complex commands, or impairment of short-term and long-term memory.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1108678
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