The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is granted, and May 24, 2007, is assigned as the new effective date. This is the earliest possible date for the grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The case has been continuously prosecuted since the May 24, 2007 claim, and the November 2008 rating decision is not final on account of the receipt of new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2019
- Citation
- A19001627
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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