The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of March 15, 2001 for his service connection for recurrent major depression.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran was entitled to this benefit prior to March 15, 2001 and had applied for it before then.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent major depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2005
- Citation
- 0511863
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