Dale R. Shipley v. Eric K. Shinseki

SCHOELEN, Judge:

The appellant, Dale R. Shipley, through counsel, appeals a December 3, 2008, *459Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board determined that he was not entitled to an effective date earlier than November 20, 2002, for service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Amended Record of Proceedings (R.) at 10. This appeal is timely, and the Court has jurisdiction to review the Board’s decision pursuant to 38 U.S.C. §§ 7252(a) and 7266(a). For the following reasons, the Court will affirm the portion of the Board’s decision finding that the appellant did not…