The Veteran's PTSD with adjustment disorder and depression is rated at a 70 percent evaluation from November 20, 2009 to June 3, 2011. The Board has granted an initial rating of 100 percent for this period.
The deciding factor: The symptoms of the Veteran's PTSD with adjustment disorder and depression more nearly approximated total occupational and social impairment from November 20, 2009 to June 3, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Adjustment Disorder and Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1427725
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