The Veteran's service-connected trauma and stressor-related disorder is rated at 100 percent effective December 1, 2016. The appeal for a TDIU remains pending as the rating for PTSD alone renders this issue moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD resulted in total occupational and social impairment from December 1, 2016, warranting a 100 percent disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Trauma and stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22042078
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for trauma and stressor-related disorder, but remanded other claims due to incomplete information regarding duty dates and the need for additional examinations.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected trauma and stressor-related disorder is currently rated at 50 percent, effective March 11, 2015. The evidence shows that the condition causes occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity but does not meet criteria for a higher rating.
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