The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to January 23, 2014, for the grant of service connection for PTSD based on CUE in the January 2003 and December 2017 rating decisions was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that any error of fact or law manifestly changed the outcome of the January 2003 and December 2017 decisions such that reasonable minds cannot differ as to whether service connection for PTSD was warranted, nor an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093932
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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