Granted
The Veteran's effective date for the assignment of a 70 percent rating for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits was granted as of December 27, 2019.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's PTSD symptoms more nearly approximated a 70 percent rating under the applicable rating criteria during the one-year look back period of April 11, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017091
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