The Board has granted a 100% evaluation for PTSD, effective from September 29, 1998. The claim of an earlier effective date is denied. Service connection for a personality disorder is denied as it does not constitute a disease for VA disability compensation purposes.
The deciding factor: PTSD and the personality disorder are found to be service-connected under direct service connection criteria due to their relationship with the veteran's military service, but they do not meet the legal requirements for service connection as congenital or developmental disorders are not diseases within the meaning of applicable VA laws. The claim for an earlier effective date is denied because no new evidence has been presented that would change the final denial in 1993.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Personality Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2001
- Citation
- 0103170
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to March 7, 2022, while other claims were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and GAD, as well as tinnitus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as it needs a medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the condition prior to October 16, 2023.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.
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