The Board granted service connection for dysthymia (claimed as anxiety and depression) with an effective date of September 11, 2002, which is the date of receipt of the Veteran's formal claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: An effective date of September 11, 2002 was granted based on the receipt of a formal claim for service connection for anxiety and depression within one year of an informal claim submitted in June 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymia, anxiety, depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2010
- Citation
- 1012135
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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
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