The Board denied an initial increased rating in excess of 50 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated those associated with a 50 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating due to their impact on occupational and social functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009644
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,762 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted an earlier effective date of January 9, 2023 for a 70% evaluation for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and for individual unemployability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's requests for effective dates prior to August 7, 2023, for increased evaluations of his PTSD with alcohol use disorder and chronic sinusitis. The conditions were already service-connected before the PACT Act.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 29, 2018, for the 70 percent rating assigned for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and denied a higher initial rating. The decision also addressed various other claims related to service connection, TDIU, DEA benefits, and special monthly compensation.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date, prior to October 22, 2024, for the grant of service connection for PTSD with alcohol use disorder.
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