Partly granted
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD and granted a rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for COPD from March 25, 2021, to January 29, 2024.
The deciding factor: The undated letter from the Secretary of the Navy did not provide new information that would have changed the outcome of the October 2005 final rating decision for PTSD. For COPD, the FEV-1 value was between 64% and 71% predicted during the relevant periods.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol dependence in remission, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086326
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