The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for PTSD with alcohol and stimulant use disorder from July 19, 2012, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from August 16, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims remained pending through the RO's decisions granting service connection for PTSD and TDIU, as no final decision was issued after the RO rescinded its prior denials.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol and stimulant use disorder, Total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25038371
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as currently diagnosed, related to in-service military sexual trauma (MST).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a higher disability rating and TDIU due to incomplete records and inadequate VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and higher ratings for lumbar strain, right knee instability, right knee osteoarthritis, removal of cartilage of the right knee, and total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) to obtain additional evidence.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for increased ratings and TDIU as duplicative of a previously remanded case.
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