The Veteran's PTSD with Major Depressive Disorder is rated at 50 percent prior to April 30, 2020, and at 70 percent thereafter. The Veteran's right great toe scar is currently rated at 10 percent.,The Veteran's left ear hearing loss remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under DC 9411 or DC 7804 due to insufficient symptoms and frequency of impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder, Status Post Incision of Ingrown Toenail, Right Great Toe
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23043755
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment from March 29, 2012, to April 23, 2025. The Board granted a TDIU during this period.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder) is rated at 70 percent since October 5, 2015. This decision grants a higher initial rating for the condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder, moderate, with anxious distress, and alcohol use disorder is denied. The issues of entitlement to service connection for complex regional pain syndrome, left 4th digit, left 5th digit, right 4th digit, and right 5th digit are remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's PTSD and MDD do not result in total occupational and social impairment, but the right knee conditions are rated at their highest level of disability.
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