The Board denied an initial rating higher than 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not warrant a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of anxiety, suspiciousness, chronic sleep impairment, anger/irritability, temper issues, withdrawal, occasional nightmares, disturbances of motivation and mood, hypervigilance, startle response, depressed mood, avoidant & isolative behaviors, and memory loss were not found to be severe enough to warrant a rating higher than 70 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25003094
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