The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder was rated at 30 percent prior to October 19, 2017. The Board found that the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) were not met due to the presence of other disabilities and the Veteran's ability to perform his former occupation as a truck driver.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder alone prevented him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment, given his occupational history and mental health evaluations which found no significant impairment in his cognitive abilities or social functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2023
- Citation
- 23004656
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