Granted
The veteran's PTSD rating is increased to 70% but not higher. The veteran also qualifies for total disability individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms and evidence supported a 70 percent rating for PTSD, but not a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), total left hip replacement, total right hip replacement, total left knee replacement, tinnitus, residuals of infectious hepatitis, hypertension, dermatophytosis of the feet, hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, residual scars from right hip, left hip, and left knee surgeries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25002179
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