The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, reflecting occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms such as depressed mood, anxiety, and difficulty in understanding complex commands. The claim for an increased rating for PTSD is granted.
The deciding factor: PTSD was found to cause deficiencies in most areas, including work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, which resulted in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Herniated nucleus pulposus of the lumbar spine, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Glaucoma of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 18, 2013
- Citation
- 1308965
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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
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- Denied
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