Granted
The Board granted a July 2, 2020, effective date for the award of a 70 percent rating for PTSD and an effective date of July 2, 2020, for the award of a 50 percent rating for hypertensive headaches.
The deciding factor: The April 2021 private medical opinion supports the higher ratings since prior to the assigned effective dates, and the Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Hypertensive Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089816
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