The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 100% disability rating for service-connected PTSD is denied. The Board found that there was no factually ascertainable increase in the Veteran's PTSD-related symptomatology within one year prior to March 17, 2017.,New and relevant evidence has been received sufficient to readjudicate the claims of entitlement to service connection for dizziness/Meniere's syndrome, right triceps condition, left triceps condition, and pes planus disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not experience a factually ascertainable increase in PTSD-related symptomatology within one year prior to March 17, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2024
- Citation
- A24046585
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