The Board has granted an effective date of October 20, 1981 for the award of compensation for self-inflicted gunshot wound residuals as secondary to PTSD.
The deciding factor: The effective date is set at the date the claim was received by VA (October 20, 1981), which is earlier than any decisions in which error has been alleged and thus mooted.
- Claimed conditions
- self-inflicted gunshot wound
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0011193
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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