The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder with major depressive disorder and PTSD is granted a 70 percent rating, effective August 11, 2016. Service connection for traumatic brain injury and seizure disorder remains denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows near total impairment secondary to the Veteran’s depressive disorder with PTSD, warranting a 70 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 9434.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Seizure Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129379
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 a higher rating for PTSD and service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, migraine headaches, and traumatic brain injury.
- Denied
The Board denied a higher rating for TBI, an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits, and remanded service connection for seizure disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected traumatic brain injury, bilateral knee disabilities, and sinus disability prevented him from obtaining or retaining substantially gainful employment during the period on appeal prior to January 26, 2009.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a seizure disorder, headache disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder as the evidence did not support a direct or secondary relationship to military service.
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