The Veteran is granted an initial rating of 70 percent for his unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, reflecting significant occupational and social impairment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder causes deficiencies in most areas, including work, family relations, judgment, thinking or mood, due to symptoms such as suicidal ideation, obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities, speech intermittently illogical, obscure, or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately, and effectively.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2026
- Citation
- A26031572
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- Denied
The Veteran's TDIU and SMC claims are denied as he does not have a single service-connected disability rated at 60% or more, nor is his TDIU based on a single disability. The Board found that the Veteran has multiple disabilities but no single disability rated as total.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied service connection for PTSD and a higher rating for the unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder/major depressive disorder/insomnia.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and obstructive sleep apnea to the RO for further development, including verification of in-service stressors and a new VA examination.
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