The Board has granted the veteran's claims for an effective date prior to December 23, 1992 for service connection of PTSD with major depression and special monthly compensation based on need for regular aid and attendance or housebound status.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran had a service-connected disability (PTSD with major depression) which rendered him permanently bedridden or helpless without assistance from another person, qualifying him for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance. The effective date was set at December 23, 1992.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with major depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0708656
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date prior to November 2, 2009, for the grant of service connection for PTSD with major depression.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with major depression and for establishing basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA), but dismissed the claim for TDIU as moot.
- Granted
The Veteran's psychiatric disorders, including unspecified anxiety and depressive disorders, PTSD with major depression, and intermittent explosive disorder, are found to be related to his period of military service. The Board granted the claim for service connection.
- Denied
The Veteran is currently employed in a suitable, management-level stable government position and has overcome any impairment of employment to which his service-connected disabilities have substantially contributed. Therefore, he does not meet the criteria for additional VR&E benefits or re-entry into the program.
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