Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for persistent depressive disorder, to include worry and anxiety and polysubstance abuse, was dismissed as it constituted a freestanding effective date claim. The motion to revise based on CUE was also dismissed without prejudice.
The deciding factor: The claim lacked legal merit due to not meeting pleading requirements for a CUE motion or timely appeal of the original decision.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder, to include worry and anxiety and polysubstance abuse
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084767
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