The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied an earlier effective date for traumatic brain injury, dismissed claims for other specified feeding or eating disorder and major depressive disorder, and remanded the issue of a higher rating for generalized anxiety disorder and TBI.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence supporting a nexus between the Veteran's military service and her currently diagnosed PTSD being at least in equipoise with the evidence against a nexus. The effective date assigned for TBI was the date of claim, as it was filed more than a year after discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Other specified feeding or eating disorder, claimed as anorexia/bulimia, Major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050398
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- 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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Granted
The Board granted initial ratings of 40 percent for lumbar spine disorder, 70 percent for major depressive disorder, and 40 percent for left lower extremity radiculopathy. TDIU and SMC based on housebound status were also granted.
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