The Board granted service connection for PTSD and a 100 percent rating, as well as special monthly compensation at the housebound rate from June 5, 2015. Service connection was also granted for iliohypogastric nerve injury.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of PTSD more nearly approximated total occupational and social impairment throughout the period on appeal, warranting a 100 percent rating. The grant of service connection for iliohypogastric nerve injury was based on direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Iliohypogastric nerve injury, Disability manifested by vertigo, Diabetes mellitus, Gastrointestinal disability, including GERD, hiatal hernia, and gastroparesis, Neurological disorder, including fibromyalgia and diabetic autonomic and sensory neuropathy, Asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24065811
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his PTSD is related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) during a period of ACDUTRA.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for asbestosis, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), rhinitis, sinusitis, and asthma. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was also denied a compensable rating.
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