The Veteran's PTSD alone prevents him from maintaining and securing substantially gainful employment, thus granting a TDIU for the purpose of establishing entitlement to special monthly compensation on a schedular housebound basis.
The deciding factor: The May 2022 private vocational opinion was highly persuasive as it provided comprehensive and understandable rationale supporting the Veteran's inability to secure and follow substantially gainful employment due to his PTSD symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with persistent depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis C, erectile dysfunction (ED), painful right-hand scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25034282
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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