The Board denied service connection for sleep disturbances and granted an effective date of March 28, 2012, but not earlier, for a 100 percent rating for Major Depressive Disorder with psychotic features, panic disorder with agoraphobia, and alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's sleep disturbance symptoms are attributed to her service-connected psychiatric disability, and new evidence was received within one year of the May 2015 rating decision, warranting an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep disturbances, Major Depressive Disorder with psychotic features, panic disorder with agoraphobia, and alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25050817
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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