The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for bipolar disorder was denied. The Board found that the December 2011 rating decision granting service connection for bipolar disorder, effective February 17, 2009, did not contain clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim of CUE in the December 2011 rating decision was denied as there is no evidence that the RO committed CUE in the assignment of an effective date of February 17, 2009 for the award of service connection for bipolar disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder (claimed as depression)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159739
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