The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of Other Specified Anxiety Disorder is denied. The Board finds that the effective date should be April 6, 2016 as this was the date of receipt of his reopened claim.
The deciding factor: The effective date for a reopened claim after final disallowance shall be the date of receipt of the new claim or date entitlement arose, whichever is later. In this case, the Veteran's claim was received on April 6, 2016, which is when he initially sought to reopen his service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Other Specified Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20031400
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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