The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder is granted, effective from March 22, 2002.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on new evidence (the Veteran's service personnel records) that existed but had not been associated with the claims file when VA initially decided the claim in January 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20065727
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 100 percent for PTSD and SMC at the housebound rate.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, granted a temporary total disability rating based on inpatient treatment over 21 days due to service-connected PTSD from October 23, 2019, to December 6, 2019, and granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate from February 19, 2019, to August 31, 2019, and from May 12, 2023.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 27, 2022, for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder is granted a rating of 100 percent, and special monthly compensation based on statutory housebound status is also granted.
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