The Veteran's PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder was granted a 70 percent rating, but no higher.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the symptoms associated with a 70 percent rating, causing occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25009240
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 case to have the agency of original jurisdiction adjudicate the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, finding that the evidence does not support an effective date prior to August 19, 2013.
- Denied
The Board denied a higher disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder and also denied entitlement to TDIU.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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