The Veteran's PTSD with panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder is currently rated at 50 percent disabling. The appeal for a higher disability evaluation remains before the Board. The TDIU claim is remanded due to lack of evidence on employment impact.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not demonstrated total occupational and social impairment as required for a 100% rating, but his symptoms have caused significant occupational and social impairment warranting at least a 70% evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20072794
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 21, 2007, for the award of service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder with anxious distress.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), as the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, as well as presumptive service connection for basal cell carcinoma under the PACT Act. Service connection was denied for chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, right restless leg syndrome, left restless leg syndrome, an increased rating for psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, a left forehead surgical scar, and allergic rhinitis.
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