The Board has granted an effective date of January 23, 2009 for the grant of service connection for PTSD and bipolar disorder. The Veteran's claim was reopened in January 2009 after she submitted additional evidence including a statement asserting her conditions were due to military sexual trauma.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s request to reopen her claims on January 23, 2009 remained open and thus an earlier effective date of January 23, 2009 was warranted based on new evidence submitted after a final decision.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19136927
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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