The Veteran is entitled to an effective date of January 21, 2004, for the grant of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and not earlier. The claim for a bilateral foot disability was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a direct link between the Veteran's current PTSD symptoms and his military service, but there is no evidence linking the claimed foot condition to any incident during service or to his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Bilateral foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0908389
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a lung disability and a bilateral foot disability based on new evidence, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, and colon cancer.
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