The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was granted effective from June 1, 2014. The earlier submitted evidence during the one-year period after the April 2010 rating decision is considered part of the pending original claim received on June 15, 2009.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted new and material evidence within one year of the April 2010 denial, which reopened his PTSD claim. The June 2014 rating decision granted service connection for PTSD effective from July 1, 2011, but the earlier submitted evidence during the one-year period after the April 2010 rating decision is considered part of the pending original claim received on June 15, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2016
- Citation
- 1615558
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