The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, and he is granted a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities. The rating for PTSD remains unchanged, but the Veteran is now eligible for a TDIU due to his overall disability picture.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s PTSD results in significant occupational impairment, preventing him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18140269
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding the appellant's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
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