The Veteran's PTSD with depression is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board has determined that this rating adequately reflects his current level of disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows symptoms consistent with a 30 percent rating but does not meet the criteria for a higher rating due to lack of specific symptoms required for a 50 percent rating (such as flattened affect, panic attacks more than once a week, etc.).
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2019
- Citation
- A19002675
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