The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for TBI with PTSD and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from October 23, 2008.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated moderate impairment of memory, attention, concentration, or executive functions resulting in moderate functional impairment; as well as psychiatric symptomatology resulting in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, which met the schedular criteria for a TDIU from October 23, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury with Memory Loss, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Alcohol Use Disorder in Early Remission
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25012514
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