The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD, but no higher.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of PTSD warranted a 70 percent disability rating due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, including intense or prolonged psychological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolized or resembled aspects of her traumatic events, persistent and exaggerated negative beliefs or expectations about oneself, others, or the world, irritable behavior and angry outbursts, and sleep disturbance.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107759
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