The Board denied the veteran's claims for effective dates prior to April 11, 1990 for a 100% evaluation for PTSD with alcohol abuse and personality disorder, as well as service connection of alcohol abuse secondary to PTSD. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability prior to April 11, 1990.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the increase in the veteran's service-connected PTSD with alcohol abuse and personality disorder to a 100% level did not occur within one year prior to April 11, 1990, and thus could not be assigned an effective date earlier than April 11, 1990.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Alcohol Abuse, Personality Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0201231
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