The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder, finding that a higher rating was not warranted based on the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not cause the level of impairment required for a disability rating of 70 percent or higher. The frequency, severity, and duration of the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms did not result in social and occupational impairment that more nearly approximates the criteria for a 70 percent or higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25101088
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 964 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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