The Board granted an effective date of December 2, 2021, for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD and service connection for tension headaches and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were granted based on the first formal claim received after his intent to file on December 2, 2021, as there was no earlier claim or evidence of entitlement within one year prior to that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder, cannabis use disorder, major depressive disorder, and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, Tension Headaches, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25032013
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for major depressive disorder is dismissed as moot because the earliest effective date was granted during the pendency of this appeal.
- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
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