The veteran's anxiety disorder is found to be service-connected due to disease or injury incurred in service. The veteran's service-connected blurred vision, dizziness and headaches are granted with a 10% rating effective December 29, 1997.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety disorder) is established based on evidence showing it likely to have had its clinical onset during service in the Persian Gulf War. The veteran's service-connected blurred vision, dizziness and headaches are granted with a 10% rating effective December 29, 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Blurred Vision, Dizziness and Headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0204767
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