Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 14, 2020, for the award of service connection for other specified trauma/stressor related disorder.
The deciding factor: The earliest effective date is set to the day after separation from active duty as per VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma/stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25109249
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