The Board denied the appellant's claim for an increased disability rating, finding that her psychiatric disorder did not warrant a higher rating than 30 percent. The effective date of April 11, 2001, was assigned as the earliest date on which she sought treatment for her service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence prior to April 11, 2001, did not show that the appellant exhibited symptoms and manifestations warranting a disability rating in excess of 30 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depression without psychotic features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1034156
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