The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder, opioid use disorder, and gambling disorder due to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability resulting in total occupational and social impairment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability more nearly approximated a disability picture that resulted in total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder, opioid use disorder, and gambling disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25034164
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.
- Granted
The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder from October 31, 2019.
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The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder, stimulant use disorder, opioid use disorder, and anxiolytic use disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder.
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