The Veteran is granted an earlier effective date of January 15, 2014 for the assignment of a 50 percent rating for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).,However, the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of August 24, 2018 for the assignment of a 40 percent rating for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that prior to August 24, 2018, the Veteran's CFS did not meet the criteria for a 40 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 6354.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- A19003190
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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.
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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