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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
No. 19-7325
DON R. KALASHIAN, APPELLANT,
V.
DAT P. TRAN,
ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, APPELLEE.
Before BARTLEY, Chief Judge.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Note: Pursuant to U.S. Vet. App. R. 30(a),
this action may not be cited as precedent.
BARTLEY, Chief Judge: Veteran Don R. Kalashian appeals through counsel an August
23, 2019, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) decision denying an effective date earlier than April
24, 2014, for the award of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Record
(R.) at 5-12.1 For the reasons that follow, the Court will set aside the appealed portion of the
August 2019 Board decision and remand that matter for further development, if necessary, and
readjudication consistent with this decision.
I. FACTS
Mr. Kalashian served on active duty in the U.S. Navy from March 1973 through October
Designated for electronic publication only
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
No. 19-7325
DON R. KALASHIAN, APPELLANT,
V.
DAT P. TRAN,
ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, APPELLEE.
Before BARTLEY, Chief Judge.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Note: Pursuant to U.S. Vet. App. R. 30(a),
this action may not be cited as precedent.
BARTLEY, Chief Judge: Veteran Don R. Kalashian appeals through counsel an August
23, 2019, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) decision denying an effective date earlier than April
24, 2014, for the award of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Record
(R.) at 5-12.1 For the reasons that follow, the Court will set aside the appealed portion of the
August 2019 Board decision and remand that matter for further development, if necessary, and
readjudication consistent with this decision.
I. FACTS
Mr. Kalashian served on active duty in the
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