The Veteran's service connection for multiple disabilities, including PTSD and hearing loss, was granted effective June 13, 2008. The effective date is based on the receipt of his VA Form 21-526 application in June 2008.
The deciding factor: The claim was received by VA on June 13, 2008, and the Veteran's representative submitted a completed form indicating entitlement to benefits. The effective date is set as the date of receipt of the claim due to lack of prior evidence of an earlier claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, cold injury of the feet, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), tinnitus, shell fragment wound scar, inter-gluteal cleft, shell fragment wound scar of the right anterior shoulder, fragment wound of the right ankle with retained metallic fragments and scar residual, fragment wound of the right calf (two) with scar residuals
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1005447
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What this means for you
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