The Board granted an effective date of May 30, 2024, for the award of service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that entitlement to service connection for a mental health condition arose prior to the receipt of the May 2024 Intent to File, and the Veteran continuously pursued his claim through various administrative review options within one year of applicable decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090162
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