The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, OSA, and TDIU has been granted with effective dates of February 28, 2011. The issue of earlier effective date for the grant of a TDIU is remanded due to the grant of an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was initially denied in March 2004 and reopened based on new evidence submitted since then. The Board granted service connection for PTSD with an effective date of February 28, 2011, which is when the Veteran first met the eligibility criteria for the benefit.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Degenerative Joint Disease of the Cervical Spine, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2021
- Citation
- 21072234
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What this means for you
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