The Board granted an initial 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, but not higher.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of irritability and angry outbursts, reckless or self-destructive behavior approximated the criteria for a 70 percent disability rating throughout the initial rating period.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25052742
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder from October 31, 2019.
- Granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound criteria, both from July 7, 2017.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder from February 12, 2015, to July 12, 2022, but denied a higher rating and an earlier effective date.
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