The Veteran is granted temporary total ratings for hospitalization in excess of 21 days due to treatment of his service-connected psychiatric disability from August 24, 2012, to October 5, 2012, and December 27, 2012, to September 5, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric disorder was under treatment during the periods of hospitalization, making him eligible for temporary total ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability, Low back disability, Cervical spine disability, Sciatic radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, Sciatic radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, Radiculopathy of the left upper extremity, Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21061361
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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