The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of anxiety with depression and determined that it was incurred in active service. The claim is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a specific opinion linking the veteran's psychiatric impairment to his service-connected irritable bowel syndrome, satisfying the nexus requirement.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety with depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0119767
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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