The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, granted a temporary total disability rating based on inpatient treatment over 21 days due to service-connected PTSD from October 23, 2019, to December 6, 2019, and granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate from February 19, 2019, to August 31, 2019, and from May 12, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder warranted a rating in excess of 70 percent for the appeal periods from January 11, 2010, to June 11, 2012, and from November 1, 2012, (excluding the period from October 23, 2019, to December 6, 2019, for which a temporary 100 percent rating for inpatient treatment over 21 days due to service-connected PTSD is granted herein).
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25013878
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