Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 70 percent for PTSD from September 27, 2022, and denied the claims for a compensable rating for urethral injury with urinary incontinence and right ear hearing loss. The claim for service connection for chronic headaches as secondary to the right shoulder was also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms most closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70 percent rating. The other claims were denied due to insufficient evidence of disability impacting daily life or work.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Urethral Injury with Urinary Incontinence, Right Ear Hearing Loss, Chronic Headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100381
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