Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, as the evidence did not show that new and material evidence was received within one year of the January 2016 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The VA treatment records generated between May 6, 2015, and within a year of the January 2016 rating decision were cumulative and wholly redundant of the evidence of record at the time of the prior final rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder and alcohol abuse disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015514
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