The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for other specified trauma or stressor related disorder, as well as entitlement to TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, which warranted a 70 percent rating under the General Formula for Mental Disorders. The evidence also supported entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disabilities and SMC at the housebound rate.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma or stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100373
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 913 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further development and consideration, including obtaining a VA examination and completing necessary development related to the Veteran's TDIU claim.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for other specified trauma or stressor related disorder prior to June 29, 2018 was denied.,A 70 percent rating is granted from June 29, 2018, to August 28, 2018.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for his service-connected psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence does not support a higher rating based on the severity of his symptoms and overall impairment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The claim is remanded due to incomplete VA examinations and private medical opinions.
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