The Board granted a total (100 percent) disability rating for the Veteran's PTSD with alcohol use disorder and residuals of a traumatic brain injury, effective from November 17, 2019.
The deciding factor: Resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor, the service-connected mental disorder was productive of total occupational and social impairment due to persistent danger of hurting himself due to suicidal ideation.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder, Residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24064186
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, right knee, right hand, left knee, right ankle, and residuals of a traumatic brain injury due to untimely appeals or lack of evidence supporting current disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and remanded the claims for service connection for pain of the left shoulder, pain of the lumbar spine, and sciatic radicular pains.
- Denied
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