The Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma and stress-related disorder has rendered him unemployable as of March 24, 2016, but no earlier. The Board granted TDIU based on this condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder by itself was sufficiently severe to warrant a total disability rating effective March 24, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma and stress-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20042370
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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