The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date prior to February 19, 2023, for the award of service connection for PTSD with alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD or any other acquired psychiatric disorder at the time he filed his December 2021 supplemental claim, and a diagnosis was only made in July 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101899
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,185 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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