The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for a rating increase and service connection for PTSD. The claim for tinea pedis was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: There is no clear in-service stressor for PTSD, and the Veteran's current psychiatric symptoms are more consistent with anxiety disorder NOS rather than PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- First Degree Arteriovenous Block, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1800580
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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