The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD with a secondary schizoaffective disorder is granted, and the effective date is set at February 19, 1985.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted his original claim for service connection on October 26, 1977, but it was denied. The denial became final after one year of inactivity. In February 1985, the Veteran's PTSD diagnosis occurred and he filed a claim with VA. As this date is earlier than the previous denial, an effective date of February 19, 1985, is granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with secondary Schizoaffective Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 16, 2011
- Citation
- 1134802
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