The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is rated at 70 percent disabling, but the Board finds that a higher evaluation is not warranted. The evidence does not show total occupational and social impairment due to symptoms such as persistent delusions or hallucinations, memory loss, or disorientation to time and place.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms do not meet the criteria for a 100 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 9411 (General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders).
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Asthma, Degenerative Disc Disease and Degenerative Joint Disease of the Thoracolumbar Spine, Radiculopathy (Left Lower Extremity - Femoral), Right Shoulder Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Orbital Blowout Fracture with Diplopia and Photophobia, Post-Operative Arthritis of Left Shoulder, Hypertension, Numbness on Right Side of Face (Due to Injury), Median Neuropathy of Left Upper Extremity, Median Neuropathy of Right Upper Extremity, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22048007
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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