The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, currently characterized as social anxiety disorder with recurrent major depressive disorder. The effective date for the grant of a 70 percent rating is fixed based on factual findings and cannot be earlier than October 26, 2012.
The deciding factor: The increase in severity of the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability did not occur within one year prior to the receipt of his claim for an increased rating. The evidence does not show that such criteria was met until October 26, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- Social Anxiety Disorder, Recurrent Major Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 19, 2018
- Citation
- 1829910
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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