The Veteran's PTSD and TBI have been granted a 70 percent rating, but no higher. The appeal for other issues remains pending.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran’s PTSD and TBI caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking or mood, warranting a 70% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Traumatic Brain Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19126082
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's SMC at the N1/2 rate is granted, and he is also eligible for SMC(r)(1) based on his existing SMC(k) and SMC(o). The appeal regarding entitlement to SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r)(2) has not been resolved.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted restoration of the 70% disability rating for PTSD with TBI and also granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for PTSD with TBI was dismissed because the proposed reduction in rating from 30 percent to 0 percent for a headache disability was not an appealable final decision. The Board also denied the claim for a higher rating for PTSD with TBI.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD with TBI and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) because of concurrent elections. The Veteran did not have a permanent total service-connected disability prior to April 12, 2021.
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