The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating for her acquired psychiatric disability, finding that she did not meet the criteria for an effective date earlier than November 30, 2006. The decision also found no evidence of marked interference with employment or frequent periods of hospitalization to warrant an extraschedular TDIU prior to this date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent her from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to November 30, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- Sexual dysfunction, Acquired psychiatric disability (depression and anxiety)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1418561
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