The Veteran's compensation benefits were suspended due to his failure to attend a VA examination and provide evidence of continued disability. The claim was considered abandoned, and he is not entitled to restoration of benefits from July 1975 through August 2008.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to report for a required VA examination within one year after the initial examination in May 1975, leading to his compensation payments being suspended. His claim was considered abandoned due to lack of evidence submitted within this period.
- Claimed conditions
- Reactive depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1446029
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for reactive depression, finding that it is at least in part due to the Veteran's service-connected hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 50 percent disability rating and TDIU is granted, as these benefits were warranted based on his service-connected right frontotemporal craniotomy with intractable headaches and reactive depression.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for his disability ratings were denied as the increase in disability was not ascertainable within one year prior to the June 26, 1997 claim.
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