Partly granted
The veteran's effective date for PTSD service connection is May 19, 2020. The initial rating for back disability before October 23, 2020, is denied, but a 20% rating starting from that date is granted. The request for a higher rating for PTSD and total disability based on unemployability are remanded.
The deciding factor: The effective date for PTSD service connection is based on the receipt of the Intent to File on May 19, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder, lumbosacral strain and spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25007953
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