Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for a 70 percent rating for PTSD, TDIU, and Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a factually ascertainable increase in the severity of the veteran's PTSD symptoms prior to the claimed dates.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with other specified depressive disorder with anxious distress, grand mal seizures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25006495
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