The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depressive disorder, NOS, effective from the date of service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated a disability picture that resulted in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent schedular disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration scars, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with depressive disorder, NOS, traumatic brain injury (TBI), migraine headaches, dizziness, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001394
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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