The Board denied the appellant's claim for an effective date prior to January 1, 1994, for the assignment of a total rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder.
The deciding factor: The earliest point at which it is factually ascertainable that the appellant was unable to retain or obtain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder was in 1994.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0008506
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