Granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 2, 2023, for the award of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder, severe alcohol use disorder and unspecified depressive disorder and assigned a 70 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The AOJ incorrectly applied 38 C.F.R. § 3.155(b)'s rules with regard to the assigned effective date for a completed claim via an Intent to File, VA Form 20-0966, with regards to the Veteran's claim of service connection for psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and insomnia disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder, Severe alcohol use disorder, Unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016372
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