The veteran's anxiety disorder is found to be aggravated by his service-connected bronchial asthma, and he is granted a higher rating for his asthma. The earlier effective date claim for TDIU remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's current psychological disorder was etiologically related to the service-connected bronchial asthma, with aggravation of symptoms due to the asthma.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Bronchial Asthma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0306789
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What this means for you
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