The Board granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for PTSD, service connection for a skin rash, and TDIU, while denying increased ratings for CAD, service connection for chronic liver disease and sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the grant of a 70 percent rating for PTSD due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas. The skin rash was granted based on a favorable medical opinion. TDIU was granted as of September 23, 2014, due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Skin rash, Chronic liver disease, claimed as Hepatitis B, Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25002190
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