The Board denied a rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD and a rating greater than 40 percent for TBI, but granted a 50 percent evaluation for migraine headaches from July 26, 2011, and an effective date of October 21, 2017, for the grant of eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment. The evidence persuasively indicates that during the relevant period the manifestations of the Veteran's TBI include communication symptoms and mildly slowed motor activity; rating these conditions under the relevant diagnostic code would not provide him with a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Migraine Headaches, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066946
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 a rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), as the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Granted
The Veteran's effective date for the award of a 100 percent rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder moderate and TBI was granted as of October 22, 2019.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection and increased evaluations for GERD, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and TBI.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as it needs a medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the condition prior to October 16, 2023.
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