Partly granted
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective February 14, 2025, but an evaluation greater than 70 percent for PTSD prior to that date was denied.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, but his PTSD precluded substantially gainful employment, warranting TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder with opioid use disorder, in partial remission, on maintenance therapy (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085621
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