The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with depressive disorder, an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for right ankle fracture residuals, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate the criteria for higher evaluations due to their severity, frequency, and duration.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Depressive Disorder, Residuals of Right Ankle Fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25008176
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,242 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's PTSD with depressive disorder is rated at 70 percent from May 29, 2018 forward.,An earlier effective date of June 5, 2017 for the increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD with depressive disorder has been granted.,The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in individual unemployability and a TDIU has been granted.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and denied a separate compensable rating for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, as well as a TDIU based on service-connected PTSD.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with depressive disorder rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from April 1, 2018, to July 31, 2018, and from February 1, 2020, onward.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and residuals of a right ankle fracture, did not render her unemployable prior to August 11, 2021. The Board found that the Veteran was unemployable due to a nonservice-connected psychotic disorder.
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