The Veteran's PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder is currently rated at 70 percent, and the Board finds that this rating adequately reflects his disability.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran’s symptoms more closely approximated a 70% rating than a higher one.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2021
- Citation
- 21024562
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