The Board denied the appellant's claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and denied entitlement to TDIU, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and statements from the appellant consistently indicated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to PTSD and depressive disorder, but not total occupational and social impairment as required for a 100% 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
- February 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19110953
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Decisions by this judge: 1,810 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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