The Veteran's PTSD with depression is rated at 70% disabling, but the claim for a higher rating is denied. The Veteran also received TDIU effective February 28, 2014.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a higher than 70% rating for PTSD as it did not meet the criteria for total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20002411
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's PTSD with depression caused total occupational and social impairment, leading to a rating of 100 percent.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depression caused his Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depression caused his Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's PTSD with depression is rated at 70 percent, but the Board found that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating of 100 percent due to insufficient evidence of total occupational and social impairment.
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