The veteran's claim for increased ratings for anxiety reaction and bilateral pes planus and hallux valgus was granted, with a rating of 30 percent each. The issue regarding service connection for a back disorder is still pending.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Reaction, Bilateral Pes Planus and Hallux Valgus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628704
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The April 1969 rating decision granting service connection for anxiety reaction and assigning a 10 percent initial rating was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's anxiety reaction does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating.
- Granted
The veteran's anxiety reaction is rated at 100 percent, effective from the date of his claim. The Board denied service connection for residuals of a cerebrovascular accident and amnesic disorder as secondary to his service-connected anxiety disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a separate total evaluation for anxiety reaction and additional retroactive disability compensation, effective March 1, 1989 at the 100 percent rate ($2,193 monthly). The decision also granted an effective date of February 6, 1989 for the award of a 100 percent rating for his service-connected psychiatric disability.
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