The veteran's claim for a higher rating and earlier effective date for his psychiatric disability was granted.,The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for his left elbow disability was denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran had new evidence supporting his claims, leading to the grant of service connection and earlier effective dates.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Adjustment Disorder with PTSD, Degenerative Changes of the Left Elbow
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0111633
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a 70 percent disability rating for chronic adjustment disorder with PTSD prior to February 18, 2020. The decision also granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Denied
The Board denied the reduction of compensation benefits due to incarceration for a felony conviction, effective from December 14, 1991, to October 16, 1995.
- Granted
The veteran is granted a 100 percent rating for chronic adjustment disorder with PTSD from the period prior to September 24, 2002. The issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative changes of the left elbow remains pending.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, chronic adjustment disorder with PTSD, was initially rated at 10 percent and has been granted a higher rating of 100 percent effective September 24, 2002.
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