The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and a bipolar disorder effective January 31, 1989. The veteran's current rating of 30 percent for these conditions remains unchanged.
The deciding factor: The RO found clear and unmistakable error in the September 1991 decision that set the effective date as March 22, 1990, and instead assigned January 31, 1989 as the correct effective date based on the veteran's reopened claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bipolar Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0109146
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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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