The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 9, 2013, for the award of service connection for psychotic disorder with adjustment disorder and depressed mood with a 70 percent rating was denied as it is not factually ascertainable that his service-connected psychiatric disability increased in severity so as to warrant a 70 percent rating within the year prior to the receipt of such claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder progressed to a new and separate diagnosis of psychotic disorder, resulting in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychotic Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20069445
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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 disorder, diagnosed as major depressive disorder (MDD), dysthymic disorder, adjustment disorder with anxiety, general anxiety disorder, and panic disorder, effective December 12, 2024.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include neurocognitive disorder and psychotic disorder, as secondary to the service-connected disabilities. However, it denied service connection for PTSD.
- Denied
The Veteran was not in receipt of a totally disabling service-connected disability for the required period, and therefore, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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