The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right toe disability was granted, and he is now receiving an initial evaluation of 100 percent disabling for PTSD. The effective date for the PTSD award has been set at September 28, 2015.
The deciding factor: Service connection for PTSD was established based on new evidence received after the April 2010 denial and within one year of the Veteran's claim to reopen.
- Claimed conditions
- Right toe disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19102290
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including pseudofolliculitis barbae, right shoulder disability, right ankle achilles disability, right toe disability, bilateral flatfoot, and tinnitus.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for insomnia and remanded claims for further development.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (PFB) was dismissed as the AOJ had already granted it in a September 2024 rating decision. The claims for flat feet, prediabetes, dehydration, acquired psychiatric disorder, hypertension, right toe disability, disability associated with painful urination, and erectile dysfunction were denied due to lack of evidence showing their onset during service or being related to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's right knee disability, sleep apnea, and right toe disability are all service-connected. However, due to new evidence received, the claims for right toe disability have been reopened. The cases of right knee disability, sleep apnea, and right toe disability are all remanded for further review.
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