Table 5.
Total disability ratings (combined degree of service connection) for Veterans with discontinued PTSD service connection at Time 3 by statistically significant predictors
| Predictors | N | Inception Mean (SD) | Time 2 Mean (SD) | Time 3 Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Men: | 22 | |||
| Service Era | ||||
| During Vietnam Conflict | 14 | 53.6 (31.8) | 46.4 (36.3) | 74.3 (29.5) |
| After Vietnam Conflict | 8 | 33.8 (27.2) | 40.0 (32.5) | 48.8 (32.7) |
| Chart diagnosis of PTSD | ||||
| Yes | 15 | 49.3 (34.9) | 46.7 (40.1) | 72.0 (33.6) |
| No | 7 | 40.0 (21.6) | 38.6 (17.7) | 50.0 (25.8) |
| In Women: | 157 | |||
| Chart diagnosis of PTSD | ||||
| Yes | 104 | 39.7 (30.5)*** | 54.5 (33.7)** | 67.3 (31.4)*** |
| No | 53 | 19.1 (20.2) | 37.7 (30.5) | 47.4 (35.8) |
| Race | ||||
| African American or black | 35 | 26.9 (24.2) | 49.1 (33.5) | 75.1 (25.7)** |
| Other race | 122 | 34.4 (30.2) | 48.4 (33.7) | 56.4 (35.2) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic ethnicity | 12 | 45.0 (33.7) | 42.5 (33.3) | 64.2 (35.3) |
| Not of Hispanic ethnicity | 145 | 31.7 (28.6) | 49.4 (33.6) | 60.3 (34.1) |
| Trauma history scale | ||||
| Comat and military sexual assault | 14 | 34.3 (32.0) | 43.6 (35.2) | 55.0 (36.1) |
| Combat or military sexual assault | 98 | 35.4 (29.5) | 49.4 (32.9) | 60.6 (34.0) |
| Neither | 45 | 26.4 (26.8) | 49.3 (35.1) | 62.2 (34.4) |
| Persistent serious mental illness | ||||
| Yes | 42 | 41.7 (32.2)* | 67.4 (31.6)*** | 81.7 (23.3)*** |
| No | 115 | 29.5 (27.3) | 42.1 (31.7) | 52.9 (34.3) |
Veterans who lost all service connection for all disorders are given a zero value for their total disability rating (combined degree of service connection). p-value tests for mean differences in total disability ratings (combined degree of service connection) by predictor category at each time point.
*
p ≤ 0.05,
**
p ≤0.01,
***
p≤0.001