Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and granted service connection for alcohol abuse disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, while remanding claims for service connection for asthma and high blood pressure.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in approximate balance that the Veteran's alcohol use disorder is secondary to his service-connected PTSD, but there was not enough evidence to support a higher rating for PTSD or to grant service connection for asthma and high blood pressure.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Alcohol Abuse Disorder, Asthma, High Blood Pressure
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093760
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