The Veteran's PTSD with panic attacks disability warrants a 70 percent evaluation effective January 13, 2025, due to worsening symptoms within one year prior to the March 2025 increased rating claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated a worsening of the Veteran's PTSD symptoms within one year prior to his March 2025 claim for an increase in evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with panic attacks
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 20, 2026
- Citation
- A26004867
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD with panic attacks, but remanded the issues regarding knee ratings.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD prior to April 4, 2022, and an earlier effective date for the award of a 70 percent disability rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD with panic attacks and a finding of TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal seeking an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for PTSD with panic attacks is dismissed as her request was granted in a March 2024 rating decision.
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