Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms were found to more closely align with a 70 percent rating based on his reported difficulties with sleep, recurrent nightmares, hypervigilance, irritability, and social withdrawal, among other factors.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096378
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