The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 24, 2003, for the award of a 70 percent rating for the service-connected post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD).
The deciding factor: The earliest date on which it can first be factually ascertained that the veteran was entitled to a 70 percent rating for the service-connected PTSD is September 24, 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0907845
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