The Board granted an effective date of June 22, 2017, for the grant of service connection for vascular neurocognitive disorder; unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in approximate balance as to whether the date of receipt of claim is June 22, 2017, and no formal or informal claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability was submitted prior to that date.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive reaction, vascular neurocognitive disorder; unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110743
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Decisions by this judge: 793 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board denied the Veteran's appeal of the July 1980 rating decision, finding that it did not commit an error in failing to adjudicate a claim for service connection for 'delayed stress reaction.' The July 1980 rating decision was found to be final and correct as applied at the time.
- Denied
The Board denied reopening of service connection for schizophrenia, PTSD, and depressive reaction due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person or by reason of being housebound due to his service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not show that he required A&A or was permanently confined to his home.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to a previous rating decision and an effective date for depressive reaction.
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