The Board granted an increased initial rating of 100 percent for PTSD with TBI and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s)(1).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were found to be sufficiently disabling as to warrant a 100 percent rating, and she met the criteria for SMC due to having a single service-connected disability rated at 100 percent with additional separate and distinct conditions rated at 60 percent or more.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25023923
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with TBI, granted separate ratings of 30 percent for BPPV and migraine headaches, and denied increased ratings for other conditions. Service connection was also denied for various disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with TBI but granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with TBI, a rating in excess of 10 percent for contact dermatitis, and whether the reduction from 30 percent to zero percent for migraine headaches was proper. The claim for TDIU is also remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD with TBI and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
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