The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent disabling, reflecting total occupational and social impairment due to symptoms such as gross impairment in thought processes or communication; persistent delusions or hallucinations; gross inappropriate behavior; persistent danger of hurting self or others; intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living (including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene); disorientation to time or place; memory loss for names of close relatives, own occupation or hometown.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD has resulted in total occupational and social impairment due to symptoms such as gross impairment in thought processes or communication, persistent delusions or hallucinations, gross inappropriate behavior, persistent danger of hurting self or others, intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living (including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene), disorientation to time or place, memory loss for names of close relatives, own occupation or hometown.
- Claimed conditions
- essential tremors, bilateral hearing loss, lumbar spine disability, obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with hiatal hernia, memory loss, sleep impairment, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 7, 2016
- Citation
- 1627000
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