The Veteran's service-connected PTSD, with symptoms including difficulty sleeping, depressed mood, blunted affect, isolation, lack of motivation, inability to get along with people, irritability, impaired short- and long-term memory, and poor to fair insight, judgment, and impulse control, is manifested by total occupational and social impairment. The Board has granted a 100 percent rating for service-connected PTSD from January 28, 2004 onward.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of PTSD have resulted in total occupational and social impairment, warranting the highest possible rating under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 12, 2011
- Citation
- 1130034
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for PTSD and dismissed his appeals regarding increased ratings for tinnitus and a right hand disability due to lack of timely filing of Notice of Disagreement.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is rated at a 70 percent level, reflecting significant occupational and social impairment.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of the denial for service connection for PTSD has been dismissed because the issue was already under review through Higher-Level Review.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that remand is required for several issues, including service connection for stroke and memory loss, as well as an increased rating for PTSD. The AOJ must verify the Veteran's claimed in-service exposures, obtain all relevant treatment records, and provide a medical nexus opinion regarding the nature of his disabilities.
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