Granted
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s PTSD meets the criteria for a 70 percent disability rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)","service_connection_theory":"secondary","exposure_basis":null,"is_pact_act":false,"rating_assigned":null,"effective_date":null}, {"condition_name":"Pupillary abnormality, left eye","service_connection_theory":"secondary","exposure_basis":null,"is_pact_act":false,"rating_assigned":null,"effective_date":null}, {"condition_name":"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)","service_connection_theory":"direct","exposure_basis":null,"is_pact_act":false,"rating_assigned":70,"effective_date":"2015-09-15"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19142436
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.
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