Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is granted a 100 percent rating effective May 1, 2024, due to severe symptoms that manifest as total social and occupational impairment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of depressed mood, anxiety, suspiciousness, panic attacks, chronic sleep impairment, and difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships more nearly approximate a 100 percent disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with unspecified depressive disorder and opioid use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098485
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