The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, was reduced from a 70 percent rating to a 50 percent rating. The Board has restored the 70 percent rating effective June 1, 2014, based on an inadequate September 2013 examination report.
The deciding factor: The September 2013 psychiatric examination report was deemed inadequate for rating purposes and not thorough enough to establish an actual decrease in disability when compared with the Veteran's prior examination in June 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22006679
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