The Veteran was granted an effective date of August 20, 1984, for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, but denied an earlier effective date for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Board found that entitlement to service connection for a panic disorder with agoraphobia arose prior to VA's receipt of the Veteran's August 1984 claim based on information from the JSRRC and medical evidence showing continuity of symptomology since discharge, but denied an earlier effective date for TDIU as there was no formal or informal application received before March 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (diagnosed as a panic disorder with agoraphobia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22001669
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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