The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection and increased rating for anxiety disorder was granted. The effective date for service connection is set at December 4, 1990, while the current disability evaluation remains at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran provided evidence of a psychiatric component to his gastrointestinal problems shortly after filing his initial claim in December 1990, which was confirmed by medical examination and treatment records. The RO granted service connection for anxiety disorder effective from December 4, 1990.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder; psychological factors affecting medical condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0102423
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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