The Veteran was granted an initial 70 percent rating for PTSD from November 12, 2009 through May 30, 2011.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's PTSD symptoms during this period were manifested by occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgement, thinking, and mood; however, they did not more nearly approximate total social and occupational impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Degenerative joint disease of the right knee, Type II diabetes mellitus, Left upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Right knee instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054901
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability but denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right knee.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his PTSD is related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) during a period of ACDUTRA.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
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