Dismissed
The appeal for an earlier effective date and increased rating for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder and anxious distress, as well as TDIU due to service-connected PTSD, was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The claim is a freestanding earlier effective date claim, which the Court has held cannot be properly filed or adjudicated by VA. The Board finds that there is no legal right to the benefit sought.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder and anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011594
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