The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings on an extra-schedular basis and did not find evidence of a valid earlier effective date for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The RO awarded TDIU based on March 6, 1998, but the medical records do not support an earlier effective date due to the veteran's service-connected disabilities alone.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension Headaches, Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0122855
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased initial evaluation of 70 percent for PTSD but denied evaluations in excess of 10% for tension headaches and in excess of 30% for IBS, and denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome. The claims for additional service connections were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a higher initial rating for PTSD, a higher initial rating for headaches, and TDIU.
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