Partly granted
The Board granted a 100 percent rating for the Veteran's posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, dismissing the issue of entitlement to total disability due to individual unemployability as moot.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the severity of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms, which more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, justifying a 100 percent rating. The tinnitus remained at the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010559
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