The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 14, 2019 for the grant of service connection for unspecified neurocognitive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran continuously pursued his claim since June 14, 2019, and the Board found that the date of receipt of the initial claim was the later effective date for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified neurocognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055437
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.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for service connection and increased ratings were denied due to untimeliness, as the appeals were not filed within one year of the respective rating decisions.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of March 29, 2014, for the grant of a 100 percent rating for service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder with unspecified neurocognitive disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for his unspecified neurocognitive disorder and for a TDIU prior to May 20, 2019.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher rating of the Veteran's unspecified neurocognitive disorder due to a duty to assist error.
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