The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for anxiety disorder with depressive disorder was denied as there is no evidence of a pending claim prior to March 7, 2012. The effective date assigned is March 7, 2012.
The deciding factor: The November 2009 rating decision denying service connection for PTSD (also claimed as mental disorder with insomnia) was final and the Veteran's March 7, 2012 claim to reopen this issue resulted in the effective date of March 7, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder with Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1706558
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