Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for major depressive disorder, finding no evidence of a claim prior to December 5, 2019.
The deciding factor: No earlier record or correspondence constitutes a formal or informal claim for service connection for major depressive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010352
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