The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD with unspecified anxiety disorder and denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic motor tic due to an undiagnosed illness.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the level associated with a 70 percent rating, resulting in occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

Claimed conditions

Post-traumatic stress disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder, Chronic motor tic due to an undiagnosed illness manifested by tremors of the head, bilateral upper extremities, and left lower extremity

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

70%

Decision date

December 17, 2025

Citation

A25108904

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