The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder is granted an initial rating of 50 percent, and some claims for service connection are denied while others are remanded.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity. The other claims were either not supported by a current diagnosis or found to be subsumed under his already service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Other Specified Depressive Disorder, Left Ankle Disability, Right Ankle Disability, Cervical Spine (Neck) Disability, Cephalgia, to include as secondary to neck disability, Skin Disability, to include but not limited to dermatosis and psoriasis, Pseudofolliculitis Barbae, Right Knee Disability, Chronic Sinusitis, Bilateral Hearing Loss Disability, Tinnitus, to include as secondary to hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25052208
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 705 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Granted
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