The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with antisocial personality disorder, panic disorder, and adjustment disorder with depressed mood due to the severity of symptoms causing total occupational and social impairment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's associated symptoms caused the level of impairment required for a disability rating of 100 percent, as they resulted in total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Antisocial Personality Disorder, Panic Disorder, Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069649
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and panic disorder, finding the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including GAD, MDD, unspecified depressive disorder, and panic disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, and moderate recurrent major depression.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied service connection for sinusitis. The Board also granted initial ratings of 20%, 30%, and 70% for right knee osteoarthritis, left knee osteoarthritis, and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, respectively.
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