The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD with generalized anxiety, insomnia, and cannabis use disorder, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the service-connected psychiatric conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, including difficulty securing and maintaining employment consistent with her work and educational background, warranted an increased rating and TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Generalized Anxiety, Insomnia, and Cannabis Use Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25050931
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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- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied service connection for PTSD and a higher rating for the unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder/major depressive disorder/insomnia.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a separate 50 percent initial rating for insomnia as secondary to tinnitus, and denied an increased rating for tinnitus. The Board also granted service connection for headache disability, low back disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, cervical spine disability, and right upper extremity radiculopathy.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for insomnia, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and polycythemia vera were dismissed due to procedural issues. The remaining claims are remanded for further development.
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