Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a rating greater than 30 percent for PTSD and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, as the evidence did not support higher ratings.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating due to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity or worse for PTSD, and the numeric designation of his hearing loss was insufficient for a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bilateral Hearing Loss, Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096060
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