The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a February 1972 rating decision was denied. The Board found that the February 1972 rating decision denying service connection for a nervous condition, which included immature personality as a diagnosis, did not contain CUE because it was based on medical opinion at the time indicating that immature personality is a constitutional or developmental abnormality and thus not a disability under VA law.
The deciding factor: The February 1972 rating decision denying service connection for a nervous condition (which included an immature personality diagnosis) was based on medical opinion at the time, which indicated that immature personality is a constitutional or developmental abnormality and therefore not a disability under VA law.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1011632
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What this means for you
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