Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 31, 2020, for the award of service connection for psychiatric disorder and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran continuously pursued his claims for entitlement to service connection for psychiatric disorder and tinnitus since August 31, 2020, and timely appealed the issues.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, to include general anxiety disorder (GAD), tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088672
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