Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted an effective date of September 16, 2003, for the grant of service connection for mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features.
The deciding factor: The earliest possible effective date was determined based on the date VA received the Veteran's informal claim for service connection and additional evidence supporting a diagnosis of major depression.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110356
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