The appeal as to whether the Veteran's May 2013 VA Form 21-526b constituted a notice of disagreement with respect to the August 2012 rating decision which granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, now characterized as other trauma and stress related disorder and subthreshold PTSD, is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran's submission of the increased rating claim within one year of the August 2012 rating decision is indicative of dissatisfaction or disagreement with the initial disability rating awarded for his acquired psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- other trauma and stress related disorder, subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098404
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 916 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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