The Board denied a rating greater than 70 percent for PTSD, granted an earlier effective date of August 14, 2024, for the grant of a 70 percent rating for PTSD, and denied other claims including entitlement to an effective date prior to April 3, 2025, for the grant of a 100 percent rating evaluation for CAD.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not result in total social and occupational impairment, and the evidence did not support an earlier effective date or a higher rating for other conditions.

Claimed conditions

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Left Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Hypertension

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 29, 2025

Citation

A25110618

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