The Board has granted a higher initial rating of 50% for PTSD with dysthymia and an anxiety disorder, effective January 4, 2001. The earlier effective date for service connection is also granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence was received to reopen the claim for service connection for PTSD, which had previously been denied in February 1988.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with dysthymia and an anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0634719
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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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