The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD was granted, and the effective date for his diabetes mellitus service connection award was changed from May 12, 2015 to January 2, 2015 due to clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The RO found that there was clear and unmistakable error in the original rating decision denying service connection for diabetes mellitus, leading to a change in effective date from May 12, 2015 to January 2, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1800787
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