The Board has granted an earlier effective date of January 13, 2010 for the award of service connection of other specified depressive disorder. The claim is remanded for the RO to assign a disability rating in the first instance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's entitlement arose at the time he developed depression as secondary to his service-connected disabilities, which occurred on January 13, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19160306
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied service connection for various other conditions, including cluster headaches, traumatic brain injury, allergic rhinitis, and others. Some claims were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and other specified depressive disorder, but denied an increased rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for other specified depressive disorder due to a failure to provide adequate notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.
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