The veteran committed suicide due to mental unsoundness associated with his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder, and the Board grants service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The veteran's suicide was found to be a result of mental unsoundness associated with his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder, Crohn's disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0117544
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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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- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 9, 2022, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, other specified depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for Crohn's disease and denied service connection for a right knee condition, left knee condition, and low back condition.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating higher than 70 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for TDIU, DEA benefits, and a finding of TDIU based solely on generalized anxiety disorder.
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