The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and a rating for depressive disorder, dysthymia, with PTSD, as well as TDIU. The effective date for these benefits was set at April 23, 1993.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not provide a basis for assignment of an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection and rating for depressive disorder, dysthymia, with PTSD, or TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder, dysthymia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0609146
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as depressive disorder, effective May 1, 2017.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to be readjudicated on the merits due to new and relevant evidence.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied, except for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability which were granted. The veteran was also granted service connection for hypertension.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted service connection for migraine headaches secondary to tinnitus, effective April 1, 2021. The claim for an earlier effective date for depressive disorder was denied.
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