Reason for decision
1. service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder and traumatic brain injury (TBI) Previously rated separately.
service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) with alcohol use disorder and traumatic brain injury (tbi) previously rated separately has been established as directly related to military service, Overlap of symptoms between comorbid mental disorders and residuals of TBI is common, and at times it is hard or impossible for an examiner to attribute the symptoms to one or the other. since the examiner stated that is was impossible to determine between the psychological and cognitive disorder, the evaluation is made under whichever set of evaluation criteria allows the better assessment of overall impaired functioning due to behavioral/emotional symptoms of both conditions. in this case, we have evaluated these conditions under the criteria for post traumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder.
An evaluation of 100 percent is assigned from ....