The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with traumatic brain injury, finding the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not reflect persistent delusions or hallucinations, grossly inappropriate behavior, or gross impairment in thought or communication to warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25028597
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
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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