Granted
The Board granted the Veteran's claim for revision of an October 2017 rating decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) to award an earlier effective date of March 16, 2012, for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The deciding factor: The October 2017 rating decision did not consider the Veteran's informal claim from March 16, 2012, and failed to apply 38 C.F.R. § 3.155(a) to recognize the earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic 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 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089382
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