The Board has granted an earlier effective date of January 1, 2011 for the award of a 100 percent evaluation for service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dysthymia based on newly associated service treatment records that existed at the time of the March 2013 rating decision but were not previously considered.
The deciding factor: The effective date is set as January 1, 2011 because relevant service treatment records obtained in March 2014 provided a more complete picture of the Veteran's psychiatric condition and supported the VA examiner's determinations regarding the relationship between his diagnosed PTSD and dysthymia and his service-connected TBI.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dysthymia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21040384
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