Denied
The appeal for an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder was dismissed as moot. The claims for earlier effective dates for the assignment of ratings and service connection were denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's medical records did not show findings consistent with a higher rating prior to the dates assigned by VA, making it factually ascertainable that the conditions warranted those ratings only from the dates they were assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Headache disorder, Right parietal eminence scar (head scar), Right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094098
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