Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 24, 2009, for the award of service connection for PTSD based on new and relevant evidence received within a year of the March 2009 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The March 2009 rating decision did not become final because VA was in constructive receipt of treatment records showing positive PTSD screens during the one-year period following the March 2009 rating decision, which constituted new and material evidence to reopen the claim.
- 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
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009577
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