The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of September 30, 1976 for the award of a 100 percent rating for bipolar disorder is dismissed as his 100 percent rating was granted in a final January 1997 rating decision and the current effective date assigned in an unappealed September 1997 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of September 30, 1976 is dismissed as his 100 percent rating was granted in a final January 1997 rating decision and the current effective date assigned in an unappealed September 1997 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Bipolar Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20000474
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for a new examination with an addendum opinion to address whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders are related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and remanded the issue of entitlement to TDIU.
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