The Board granted an effective date of June 20, 1974 for the assignment of a 10 percent rating for cervical strain and May 26, 1992 for the assignment of a 70 percent rating for PTSD. The Board also determined that an earlier effective date for the TDIU benefits is not warranted.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted an informal claim for a 100% disability rating for PTSD on December 18, 1991, which was formalized and received by the RO within one year of his initial submission. The statements in his June 1992 submission constitute an official claim for a 100% disability rating for PTSD and TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2003
- Citation
- 0305150
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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.
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