Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as the Veteran's claim was reopened in February 2023, and the earliest possible effective date is that date.
The deciding factor: The effective date for a reopened claim is the date of the reopened claim, which in this case is February 14, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- 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
- A25086345
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