The Veteran's PTSD with major depression is rated at 70 percent disabling, and the Board has denied a higher rating. The case is remanded for further consideration of entitlement to TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support total occupational and social impairment required for a 100% disability rating for PTSD with major depression.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Major Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24020239
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
- Denied
The Veteran's initial ratings for PTSD prior to December 5, 2014 and from December 5, 2014 were denied as her symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher disability ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further medical opinions regarding the Veteran's cause of death, specifically whether his hypertension and service-connected PTSD with Major Depression were contributory causes of death.
- Denied
The Veteran's PTSD symptoms do not result in total occupational and social impairment, but they cause significant impairments in work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood. The Board denied an initial rating higher than 70 percent for PTSD. However, the Veteran was granted a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities precluding him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
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