The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of his acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is denied as the severity, frequency, and duration of his symptoms do not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for his current 70 percent rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder is denied as there is no evidence showing that an increase in disability occurred within one year prior to February 20, 2020.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss is denied as the Veteran's audiometric findings do not qualify him as having an exceptional pattern of hearing impairment.,The Veteran's claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied as there is no evidence indicating that he is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.,There was no discussion or persistent delusions or hallucinations, no discussion of the Veteran's inability to communicate, no discussion of the Veteran being a danger to himself or others or being unable to perform activities of daily living. The Board found that the Veteran's functional impairment and associated psychiatric symptoms most closely approximated the criteria for a 70 percent rating.,The Veteran's audiometric findings do not qualify him as having an exceptional pattern of hearing impairment, thus failing to meet the criteria for a compensable rating.,There is no evidence indicating that the Veteran is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2022
- Citation
- A22025162
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What you can do next
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