The Board granted an effective date of March 26, 2014, for service connection for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and bilateral eye conjunctivitis.
The deciding factor: The April 2023 rating decision that granted service connection for the Veteran's right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome was not based all or in part on any of the additional service department records that the Veteran submitted following the initial April 2005 rating decision, and thus the proper effective date is the date of the request for reopening.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, bilateral eye conjunctivitis, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088242
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