The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) is rated at 70 percent, effective July 29, 2013. The claim for TDIU based on the same condition is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s PTSD has resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, due to symptoms like suicidal ideation, near-continuous panic or depression affecting ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively, difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances (including work), impaired impulse control, and inability to establish effective relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20001138
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.
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for the right shoulder injury, while remanding claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, chronic bronchitis with COPD, and GERD.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
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