The veteran is granted an effective date of September 8, 2003 for the grant of service connection for depressive disorder not otherwise specified as secondary to a service-connected back disability.,The veteran is also granted an effective date of September 8, 2003 for the award of total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Both awards were granted as of the earliest date that a claim could be submitted and supported by evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0839575
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of depressive disorder was denied as there were no pending or unadjudicated claims prior to November 6, 2012.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals regarding entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, service connection for left knee disorder, right knee disorder, left ankle disorder, and right ankle degenerative arthritis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and found that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, are related to his military sexual trauma in service. Service connection was denied for depressive disorder not otherwise specified, substance abuse disorder, and substance induced depression.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral knee disabilities, and lumbar spine disability are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations.
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