The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for acrophobia effective May 28, 2019, but denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent prior to that date and also denied entitlement to TDIU.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity from May 28, 2019, but not prior to that date. The Veteran was not unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to service-connected disability for any period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Acrophobia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111038
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