Citation Nr: 21025386
Decision Date: 04/28/21	Archive Date: 04/28/21

DOCKET NO. 19-04 300
DATE: April 28, 2021

ORDER

Entitlement to service connection for major depressive disorder is dismissed. 

FINDING OF FACT

In November 2019, the Regional Office (RO) granted service connection for PTSD, to include major depressive disorder.

CONCLUSION OF LAW

The claim for service connection for major depressive disorder has already been granted and the appeal is therefore dismissed.  38 U.S.C. § 7104 (2012); 38 C.F.R. § 20.101 (2020).  

REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION

The Veteran served on active duty in the United States Army from September 1989 to November 1993 and from February 2003 to February 2010. 

In February 2012 the Veteran submitted a claim of service connection for PTSD, which was denied by the RO in June 2013. In May 2017 the Veteran submitted a claim of service connection for major depressive disorder, which was denied by the RO in June 2016. The Veteran perfected her appeal in January 2019 and in November 2019 was granted service connection for PTSD, to include major depressive disorder.   

Given the foregoing grant of benefits, there is no case or controversy for the Board to adjudicate with respect to the original claim of entitlement to service connection for major depressive disorder. Consequently, the appeal is dismissed.  See Grantham v. Brown, 114 F.3d 1156, 1158-59 (Fed. Cir. 1997); see also 38 U.S.C. § 7104 ; 38 C.F.R. § 20.101.

 

 

J.W. FRANCIS

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans’ Appeals

Attorney for the Board	P. Abels, Associate Counsel

The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.