The Veteran's claim to reopen her previously denied PTSD claim was received on January 25, 2012. The effective date for the grant of service connection for anxiety disorder (claimed as PTSD) is set at the date of receipt of her claim to reopen.
The deciding factor: The effective date for a reopened claim is the date of receipt of the claim or the date entitlement arose, whichever is later.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder (claimed as PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19142203
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Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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