The Board dismissed the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder as a matter of law.
The deciding factor: The claim was dismissed due to the lack of a timely appeal of the August 19, 2013 rating decision that assigned the initial effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012054
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 703 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of a 60 percent disability rating for the service-connected right knee replacement residuals effective October 17, 2020, and denied an increased disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD. A TDIU was also granted from August 28, 2020.
- Dismissed
The appeal of the proposed reduction from 100 percent to 70 percent for the service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder is dismissed, and the issue of entitlement to service connection for migraines is remanded.
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