The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD based on the severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment due to persistent suicidal ideation, inability to maintain effective relationships outside his family, consistent anger and rage, and frequent work incapacity.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25058692
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.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of a 100 percent rating for service-connected PTSD, finding that it was not factually ascertainable that the increase in disability occurred within one year prior to June 20, 2024.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and right ear hearing loss, granted an initial rating of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder (PTSD), and denied increased ratings for non-allergic rhinitis and sinusitis.
- Granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder, as the Veteran's symptoms are commensurate with those associated with this rating.
- Granted
The veteran's PTSD rating was increased to 70% and they were granted TDIU and SMC.
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