The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, as no complete Intent to File or Supplemental Claim form was received prior to September 25, 2023.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit a claim for depression, anxiety, or any other psychiatric disorder on the appropriate form prior to September 25, 2023, and thus an effective date earlier than that is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25036233
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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