The Board has determined that the appellant's generalized anxiety disorder with features of PTSD was incurred during service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner diagnosed the appellant with generalized anxiety disorder secondary to exposure in the Vietnam War, linking it to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with features of PTSD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0120151
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