Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disability, associated with service-connected dyshidrotic eczema.
The deciding factor: The earliest evidence that a psychiatric disability was proximately due to service-connected eczema was September 10, 2020, and thus an earlier effective date is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), Depressive disorder, Other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098321
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