The Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with unspecified depressive disorder, panic disorder, and alcohol use disorder is granted a total disability rating for the duration of the period on appeal due to persistent occupational and social impairment.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms more closely approximated total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with unspecified depressive disorder, panic disorder, and alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25008199
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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding private medical records.
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