The Board denied an earlier effective date for the service connection of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder and insomnia, granted a 100 percent rating for this condition, and dismissed the issue of TDIU as moot. Service connection for hypertension was also denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability caused total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent rating; no earlier effective date could be established due to the lack of formal or informal claims prior to November 13, 2020. The issue of TDIU was dismissed as moot given the maximum benefit awarded for the psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Major Depressive Disorder and Insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107421
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