The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating effective from November 17, 2021, and DEA benefits were also granted with the same effective date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms caused social and occupational impairment with deficiencies in most areas since receipt of his claim for a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with depression, sleep disturbance, and cognitive impairment or dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24072092
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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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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