Veterans Affairs Entitlement for Service-Connected Disability Caused by Post traumatic Stress Disorder

In Young v. McDonald, 766 F.3d 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2014) the United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, upheld a Veterans Court decision that the effective date for Mr. Young’s service-connected disability entitlement as a result of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) wasMarch 10, 1989, the earliest date when a medical diagnosis of PTSD could be established. He had appealed, arguing that the effective date for his service-connected entitlement should be September 7, 1984, when he had first submitted an application for benefits. The court of appeals determined that the Veterans Court had not erred in its determination and that a medical diagnosis was necessary to establish a serviceconnected disability.