The Board granted an effective date of March 28, 2019, for the award of service connection and a 70 percent initial rating for PTSD with anxiety disorder, as well as eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits based on permanent and total disability status, and a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities resulted in sufficient impairment such that he was unable to obtain or maintain employment, warranting a TDIU. The effective date for the award of service connection and DEA benefits is March 28, 2019, as this is when his initial claim for a psychiatric disability was received.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019502
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