The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma from March 22, 2017, until January 30, 2024.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, supporting a 70 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma (MST)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25007436
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD due to military sexual trauma (MST), unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, as the VA examination and multiple VA medical opinions are inadequate and contradictory.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD due to MST, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD due to MST, sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD, and a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected headaches.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD due to MST to correct a duty to assist error related to an inadequate VA examination.
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