The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent, and no higher, for the service-connected other specific trauma and stressor, related disorder, effective September 3, 2020.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's mental health symptoms most closely approximated occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, but did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- other specific trauma and stressor, related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095272
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