The rating for PTSD really varies widely. My hubby was permamently retired at 70% for his PTSD only. We have another person in WTU with him that got the same rating out of Washington. Other folks in our WTU vary in their PTSD ratings from 30% TDRL to our 70% permanent. Hubby is/was mortuary affairs and that is what alot of our PTSD cases are in our WTU. What we have found is it depends on how your NARSUM is written and your level of function. For hubby repeated long hospitalizations,low social functioning levels, and counseling (group, individual, family) appointments adding up to a minimum of five a week contributed greatly to our rating. His docs say this will be a very serious issue for him for years to come. I am sure this is what contributed to our permanent status. If I were you, I would also look into social security. Social Security makes its findings independently of the services. Hubby was rated 100% at Social Security (but they had his medical records that included other health problems also.) Social Security did not give us a reason in approving the claim, only told us it was approved, so I cannot tell you whether or not they just took the PTSD into account or if they considered everything else. We've just started the VA process within the last month so I can't help you there. Hope some of this info is useful.