The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for PTSD was denied in August 2007. The RO assigned a 100 percent schedular evaluation effective from December 12, 2006. The Board found that an earlier effective date is not warranted and denied the appeal.
The deciding factor: The claim to reopen was filed prior to the Board's decision of August 30, 2007, but the effective date should have been no earlier than August 31, 2007, based on the same evidence considered in that decision. The provisions of the law governing effective dates prohibit an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1019522
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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