The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of major depression with psychotic features, finding that the March 1982 application to reopen his claim was abandoned due to lack of response within one year. The earliest possible effective date is February 5, 1991.
The deciding factor: The veteran's March 1982 application to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was considered abandoned due to the failure to respond within one year to the RO's April 1982 request for evidence. The earliest possible effective date is February 5, 1991.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depression with psychotic features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2005
- Citation
- 0526760
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