The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features is denied. The effective date remains at August 14, 2017, which was the date service connection was established for fibromyalgia.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than the date service connection for fibromyalgia was established (August 14, 2017), as it is a secondary condition to fibromyalgia.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24052206
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted an effective date of September 16, 2003, for the grant of service connection for mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features, finding that the earliest applicable date was April 29, 2024.
- Granted
The Veteran's mood disorder was granted a disability rating of 70 percent from May 5, 2021 to February 1, 2022.
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