The Veteran's PTSD with depression has been rated at 50 percent since July 13, 1994. The symptoms include anxiety, depression, sleep impairment, irritability, intrusive thoughts, concentration problems, startle response, memory issues, and occasional violent outbursts, resulting in moderate social and occupational impairment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD with depression resulted in reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial speech, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired short-term and long-term memory, impaired judgment, disturbances of motivation and mood, and difficulties establishing effective work and social relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1403765
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depression caused his Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's PTSD with depression is rated at 70 percent, but the Board found that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating of 100 percent due to insufficient evidence of total occupational and social impairment.
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