Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and an effective date prior to August 13, 2022, for the award of SMC based on housebound criteria.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment prior to August 13, 2022, and he does not have a single service-connected disability rated as totally disabling prior to that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094543
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