The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms, specifically PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, were found to be productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity prior to May 20, 2016. The rating assigned was 50 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s symptomatology did not meet the criteria for a higher rating as it did not demonstrate deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking or mood, or greater levels of impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176780
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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