Granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 2, 2006 for the award of service connection for PTSD based on new and material evidence that was not considered in the prior decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether relevant service department records that had existed but had not been associated with the claims file at the time of the August 2006 decision, were associated with the claims file in May 2017. This new evidence supports the Veteran's claim for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111167
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