Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 1, 2020 for TDIU and DEA but remanded the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder prevented him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation from February 1, 2020, but no earlier.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (characterized as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD))
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095646
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