The Veteran's appeal is for an initial staged rating in excess of 10 percent for PTSD prior to April 1, 1999 and for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD. The Board has granted a 100% rating from July 22, 1999 through January 3, 2002, and a 100% rating from January 4, 2002. An earlier effective date of September 15, 1993 has also been granted for the grant of service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was initially denied in November 1993 and reopened with new evidence submitted after July 15, 1993. The Board found that the earlier effective date is warranted due to the submission of supplemental service department records which supported a finding of PTSD at the time of the original claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1009704
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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.
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