The Board has granted service connection for dysthymia with anxiety, claimed as secondary to the veteran's service-connected asthmatic bronchitis. The claim for an increased rating for asthmatic bronchitis was denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's asthma condition had aggravated his depression from time to time.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymia with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0208959
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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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