Partly granted
The appeal for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent, from May 16, 2011, for PTSD is dismissed. The claim to reopen the effective date prior to May 16, 2011, for service connection for PTSD has been granted. Special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance was granted as of August 1, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran requires regular aid and attendance as a result of his service-connected disabilities as of August 1, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- 25004302
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