The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) prior to August 8, 2008.,The Board also denied an earlier effective date for a 100% rating for renal failure prior to May 31, 2013.,Additionally, the Board found that SMC based on housebound criteria prior to May 31, 2013 was not warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD due to lack of a formal or informal claim in 1986 and the finality of the June 2009 rating decision.,There was no single service-connected disability rated at 100% prior to May 31, 2013 that would qualify for SMC based on housebound criteria.,The Veteran did not have a need for aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities as of the date of the February 2017 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Renal Failure, Liver Cancer, Hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24013359
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 21, 2007, for the award of service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder with anxious distress.
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