The Board granted a 70 percent initial rating for PTSD and mood disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated the severity associated with this rating.
The deciding factor: The presence of suicidal ideation without plan or intent, along with other symptoms such as depression, anxiety, flattened affect, chronic sleep impairment, weekly panic attacks, disturbances of motivation and mood, difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships, anger, concentration problems, and a fear of losing control warranted the 70 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and mood disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111177
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