The Board granted a 100% disability rating for PTSD effective February 15, 2000, and denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date. The hearing loss claim was not addressed as it is no longer relevant due to the grant of a higher rating for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's PTSD had become more severe warranting a 100% disability rating, and granted the requested effective date based on new evidence submitted by the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2001
- Citation
- 0117218
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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
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The Board denied an increased disability evaluation for PTSD but granted an earlier effective date for TDIU of August 6, 2012.
- 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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal in September 2025, stating that she is now 100% permanently and totally disabled effective April 29, 2025.
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