The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress and major depressive disorders, finding no unadjudicated formal or informal claim prior to October 7, 2015.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of any unadjudicated formal claim of service connection for any psychiatric disorder prior to October 7, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress, major depressive disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2022
- Citation
- A22021581
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