The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depression, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder is granted a 70 percent rating effective May 3, 1994.
The deciding factor: The functional impairment resulting from the Veteran's psychiatric disability at least as likely as not approximated the 70 percent rating criteria in effect prior November 7, 1996, and has approximated the 70 percent rating criteria since that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with depression, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder, Degenerative disc disease with sciatica, Hypertension, Special monthly compensation for housebound status or need for aid and attendance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25006672
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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