The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 12, 2017 for the award of service connection for persistent depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted within one year of the August 2018 rating decision denying service connection for persistent depressive disorder, suspending its finality and allowing an earlier effective date to be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25022551
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for fibromyalgia, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis, and denied a 100 percent rating for persistent depressive disorder. The claims for service connection were remanded.
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