The Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for coronary artery disease and PTSD were denied. The RO assigned effective dates of February 20, 2014, which is one year prior to the date that the Veteran’s claims were received by VA.,The Veteran did not file a formal or informal claim for service connection for PTSD prior to February 20, 2015. The RO assigned an effective date of February 20, 2014, which is one year prior to the date that the Veteran’s FDC application was received by VA.
The deciding factor: The earliest possible effective dates for service connection were assigned based on the liberalizing law and regulations. The RO considered the claims as informal and asked for additional information before assigning the effective dates.,The Veteran did not file a formal or informal claim for PTSD prior to February 20, 2015. Therefore, an earlier effective date was denied.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2021
- Citation
- 21010321
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