The Veteran's PTSD is now rated at 100% effective June 5, 2017. Service connection for left upper and right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy was granted with an earlier effective date of September 18, 2013.
The deciding factor: PTSD symptoms have significantly worsened to meet the criteria for a 100% evaluation since June 5, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction, Left Lower Extremity Femoral Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Extremity Femoral Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Lower Extremity Sciatic Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Extremity Sciatic Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19105035
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and a higher rating for left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy with muscle weakness, but granted an earlier effective date for the 60 percent disability rating for thrombosis, TIA or cerebral infarction with impairment of sphincter control and voiding dysfunction, and for service connection for pharynx and/or larynx and/or swallowing conditions residuals.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with MDD, service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected condition, and SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance. However, it denied SMC based on housebound status.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD, granted an earlier effective date of August 14, 2024, for the grant of a 70 percent rating for PTSD, and denied other claims including entitlement to an effective date prior to April 3, 2025, for the grant of a 100 percent rating evaluation for CAD.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent evaluation for tension headaches effective September 13, 2022, but denied earlier effective dates and service connection for various conditions.
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