Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent initial rating for PTSD and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from January 1, 2012. The appeal was denied for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for COPD with emphysema.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's occupational and social impairment due to PTSD, which resulted in deficiencies in most areas but not total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with emphysema
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106768
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