The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the assignment of a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected anxiety with depression was denied. The appeal is dismissed as there is no legal basis for an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing that the Veteran filed a claim for service connection prior to February 11, 2004, and the grant of total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected anxiety with depression was predicated on the grant of service connection for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety with depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0917703
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