The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent, effective July 24, 2006. The Board has also granted a TDIU for the period from February 18, 2012 to January 2013.
The deciding factor: PTSD symptoms have resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to feelings of uselessness, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, hypervigilance, flashbacks, avoidance, re-experiencing of trauma, impaired memory and concentration, panic attacks more than once per week, difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships, difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances, and impaired impulse control.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, depression NOS, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, chloacne (also claimed as skin rash), kidney stones, generalized osteoarthritis, jaw condition, traumatic brain injury, headaches, fibromyalgia, chronic hematuria
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2015
- Citation
- 1545554
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What this means for you
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