The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, adjustment disorder, MDD, and mood disorder, is granted as secondary to his service-connected disabilities. The earlier effective dates for the 30 percent ratings for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are also granted.
The deciding factor: The earlier effective dates were assigned based on evidence of worsening within one year prior to receipt of formal claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Acquired psychiatric disability (including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adjustment disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), and mood disorder)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19182949
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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