The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, effective July 11, 2016, and an earlier effective date of December 28, 2017, for a 100 percent disability rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence received within one year of each rating decision showed an increase in the severity of the veteran's psychiatric disability, which allowed the claims to remain pending and resulted in the grant of earlier effective dates.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (PTSD with Major Depressive Disorder and Anxious Distress)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25034574
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
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