The Board denied an increased disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with persistent depressive disorder, finding that a 70 percent rating was appropriate given the severity of symptoms but not warranting a higher 100 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment sufficient to warrant a 100 percent rating; instead, it showed occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to such symptoms as depression, anxiety, flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and irritability.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Persistent Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25045418
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,614 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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