The veteran seeks an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a mood disorder with mixed features. The RO has granted this claim but is now remanding to determine if there was clear and unmistakable error in prior decisions denying service connection.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves reopening of a previously denied claim based on new evidence, leading to an effective date determination.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder with mixed features
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0730471
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a mood disorder with mixed features secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, based on a private clinician's opinion that the Veteran's mood disorder is more likely than not related to his chronic pain and tinnitus.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for mood disorder with mixed features prior to November 23, 2015 was denied. The Veteran also had his earlier effective date for TDIU rating denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for a mood disorder with mixed features prior to November 23, 2015, and for an effective date prior to April 20, 1995, for the grant of TDIU remains pending. The Board has ordered remand due to missing psychiatric treatment records from earlier in the appeal period and unverified dates of incarceration.
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