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 (70% or 100%) as his symptoms were found to be consistent with a 50% rating based on occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- 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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,886 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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