Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 19, 2017 for the grant of a 70 percent rating for PTSD and an effective date of January 5, 2022 for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the earliest dates when it was factually ascertainable that the Veteran's conditions were disabling or that he had a claim in place for those conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, headaches, lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), right lower extremity sciatic nerve lumbar radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, left ear sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25019046
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