The Board finds no effective date earlier than March 14, 1995 for the award of compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for depression and PTSD due to the lack of a formal claim within one year of the onset of the psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The veteran's informal claim was not submitted within one year of the date upon which his psychiatric disorder arose, as evidenced by the September 1988 diagnosis of major depression.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2001
- Citation
- 0114674
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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