The Board granted a schedular 100 percent rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35, but remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate the criteria for a 100 percent schedular rating under Diagnostic Code 9411.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Major Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050645
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD from August 7, 2018, to January 27, 2021, and a 100 percent rating effective January 28, 2021.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder has prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to January 26, 2021.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability but granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the (s) rate as of February 16, 2022.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 10, 2019, for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder.
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