Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 29, 2018, for the 70 percent rating assigned for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and denied a higher initial rating. The decision also addressed various other claims related to service connection, TDIU, DEA benefits, and special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The functional impairment resulting from the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder has at least as likely as not approximated the 70 percent rating criteria since the effective date of service connection for the disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder, Molluscum contagiosum, Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107508
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