The Board has granted an effective date of September 16, 2010 for the grant of service connection for persistent depressive disorder with mixed features. The Veteran's claim for statutory special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) was denied as she does not have a single disability rated at 100 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted new and material evidence to reopen her original claim for service connection, which resulted in the grant of service connection for persistent depressive disorder with mixed features on September 20, 2016. The Board found that this condition alone did not cause unemployability but rather affected occupational functionality.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder with mixed features
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20060875
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