The Board granted a higher initial disability rating of 70 percent for the service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the symptomatology from the service-connected psychiatric disability most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas; it did not more nearly approximate total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Alcohol Use Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033239
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
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