The Veteran's PTSD with depressive disorder is granted a disability rating of 70 percent, effective from the date of the decision. The Veteran also received a grant for TDIU and his claim for an increased rating for degenerative disc disease with osteoarthritis, L3-L5 was remanded.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence demonstrated occupational and social impairment due to PTSD symptoms that significantly impacted the Veteran's ability to function in various areas of life, warranting a higher disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105847
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 the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a TDIU, finding that his psychiatric disorder did not meet the criteria for higher evaluations or a total disability rating.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD with depressive disorder, finding that the current 70 percent disability rating adequately compensates the Veteran for his psychiatric symptomatology.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, from February 2, 2018, but denied an increased rating for PTSD with depressive disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the 100 percent evaluation for PTSD with depressive disorder, finding that there was no entitlement to an increased rating prior to October 6, 2020.
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