The Veteran's appeal was granted, with a rating of 70 percent for PTSD. The right hand condition and respiratory disability claims were not addressed as they are not service connection issues.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms most closely approximated those associated with a 70 percent rating, but no higher.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand condition (claimed as Boxer's fracture), respiratory disability (pneumonia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- September 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1738521
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