The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for depressive disorder, finding that the April 28, 2023 Intent to File was no longer active when the March 3, 2024 claim was filed.
The deciding factor: The regulation is clear that in the event that multiple complete claims for a benefit are filed within one year of an Intent to File, only the first claim filed will be associated with the Intent to File. The June 5, 2023 supplemental claim attached the April 28, 2023 Intent to File, and thus it could not serve as the basis for an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101755
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