The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with depression, effective February 1, 2023.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated total occupational and social impairment during the relevant periods.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25019949
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 44% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a VA psychiatric examination to address the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depression and its impact on his employability.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for PTSD with depression has been dismissed as the Veteran requested withdrawal of his appeal prior to the Board making a decision.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD with depression, right and left knee replacements, degenerative joint disease of the right knee, degenerative arthritis of the spine, and syphilis. The Board granted a TDIU prior to June 28, 2010.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's hearing loss and PTSD are not rated higher than the current levels, with a noncompensable rating for hearing loss and a 70% rating for PTSD prior to January 22, 2020.
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