The Board found that the effective date for service connection of Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Depression should be December 18, 1991, as this was when a VA psychiatric examination diagnosed the condition and related it to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The claim for an earlier effective date was not supported by evidence indicating that appellant had an acquired psychiatric disorder prior to the October 31, 1991 VA psychiatric examination. The Board found no indication of such a claim until December 18, 1991 when a service organization representative requested consideration based on the October 31, 1991 examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0210251
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