The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability effective February 25, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of anxiety, panic attacks more than once per week, irritability, and chronic sleep impairment warranted a 50 percent rating due to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder (psychiatric disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055567
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 915 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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