The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for an anxiety disorder, effective from September 28, 1995. The veteran is seeking a prior effective date to December 23, 1991.
The deciding factor: The veteran filed his claim in December 1991 and was granted service connection with an effective date of September 28, 1995. He did not file a claim to reopen the previously denied claim prior to December 1991.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0627002
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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.
What you can do next
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The Board granted an earlier effective date for the 70 percent evaluation of anxiety disorder starting from January 16, 2022.
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