The veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and major depression have been granted with effective dates of December 11, 1985, and April 11, 1995 respectively. The Board has determined that the earliest date on which he filed a claim for service connection is December 11, 1985, for hypertension, and thus an earlier effective date cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were pending since at least December 11, 1985, when he first submitted a formal claim. The earliest date of any claim for service connection is therefore set as the effective date for both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, major depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0720767
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