The Board granted a 100 percent rating for PTSD with TBI and SMC at the housebound rate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms, including persistent danger of hurting self or others and grossly inappropriate behavior, meet the criteria for a 100 percent rating. Additionally, he meets the schedular criteria for SMC at the housebound rate due to his combined service-connected disabilities totaling at least 60 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25003502
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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