The Veteran's PTSD has been manifested by occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms such as depressed mood, anxiety, chronic sleep impairment, flattened affect, mild memory loss, disturbances of motivation and mood, difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships, difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances, anger, irritability, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, hypervigilance, exaggerated startle response, flashbacks, and nightmares. The Veteran's PTSD warrants a 50 percent disability rating throughout the appeal period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms have been consistently moderate, with no more severe manifestations that more nearly approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2015
- Citation
- 1500562
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