The Veteran's PTSD with dysthymic disorder is rated at a 70 percent disability rating, effective from the date of this decision. The Veteran also received a grant for total disability based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s symptoms, including suicidal ideation and impaired impulse control with episodes of unprovoked irritability and periods of violence, most closely approximated the criteria for a 70 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 9411. The Veteran's service-connected PTSD also precluded him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with dysthymic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160536
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