The veteran was granted an effective date of April 6, 2004 for the assignment of a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports an effective date of April 6, 2004 as this is within one year from when the formal claim for TDIU was received and there are no records indicating that the criteria for a 100 percent rating were met prior to this date.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0900398
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
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