The Veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous condition was denied in 1968. The Board finds no clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in this decision. For the period prior to January 7, 2009, the Veteran received an initial disability evaluation of 50% for PTSD. Beginning on January 7, 2009, a higher 70% rating was granted.
The deciding factor: The August 1968 decision denied service connection due to lack of evidence showing a nexus between the claimed condition and service. The Board found no CUE in this decision as the correct facts were known at that time and correctly applied the law.
- Claimed conditions
- Nervous Condition, Depressive Reaction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1128160
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Related decisions
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of service connection for PTSD was granted, with the effective date set at July 31, 1995.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise a 1991 rating decision denying service connection for a nervous condition due to lack of CUE, as the evidence did not show that any error of fact or law manifestly changed the outcome of the decision.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of December 18, 2019 for the award of service connection for PTSD and acquired psychiatric disorder (nervous condition). The appellant's original claim was denied in August 1979 due to lack of evidence supporting his claim. He continuously pursued the issue by submitting supplemental claims after 1979.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an earlier effective date of November 10, 2005, for the grant of service connection for PTSD is dismissed. The appeal for SMC benefits based on housebound or need of aid and attendance is remanded.
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