The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 28, 2014 for the grant of service connection for PTSD is granted.,The Veteran's claim for a rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD is denied.,The Veteran's claim for Total Disability Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) is granted.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined to be January 30, 2013 based on the receipt of an informal claim by the Veteran and VA's subsequent grant of service connection.,The evidence did not meet the criteria for a rating greater than 70 percent due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.,VA found that the Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18140437
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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
Related decisions
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)
The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- 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.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 21, 2007, for the award of service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder with anxious distress.
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