The Board found that the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for non-service-connected pension benefits was granted, and his reduction of non-service-connected pension benefits due to retroactive receipt of service-connected disability compensation was also determined to be proper.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the veteran became permanently and totally disabled on August 23, 1995, and established that a mental disability prevented him from filing a disability pension claim for at least the first 30 days immediately following his permanent and total disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depression with Psychotic Features
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2003
- Citation
- 0305149
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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