Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grant of a 70 percent evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma (MST), total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status, all effective from January 22, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran continuously pursued her claims for an earlier effective date beginning when VA received the Veteran's Intent to File (ItF) on January 22, 2019, and the evidence supports that she met the criteria for these benefits from that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to Military Sexual Trauma (MST), Headaches, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098288
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