The veteran's effective date for service connection of the claimed conditions is granted as August 19, 2021.
The deciding factor: The Veteran continuously pursued his claim for service connection since August 19, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, predominantly hyperactivity, persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25006472
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 622 · Granted: 17% (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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- Dismissed
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