The appeal for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD was dismissed. An effective date of October 25, 1982, but not earlier, was granted for the award of service connection for scarring of the right ankle. The grant of service connection for PTSD with a November 19, 2013 effective date was denied.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's explicit withdrawal of the appeal for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and the findings that the March 1983 claim and STRs constituted a claim for right ankle scarring, while no formal or informal claims for PTSD were filed within one year of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Scarring of the right ankle, Painful scars of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25014533
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