The Veteran's service connection claims for diabetes, sleep apnea, GERD, and hypothyroidism are granted. The claim for PTSD is denied as the severity of symptoms does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s PTSD symptoms do not cause occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity that would warrant a 50% or higher disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hypothyroidism
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20080592
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
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- Partly granted
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