The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of November 14, 1990, for service connection of a disability characterized as other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, adjustment-like disorders is granted. The initial rating for the same condition remains at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's symptoms were best summarized as causing occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, although generally functioning satisfactorily.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, Adjustment-like disorders
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18158985
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