The VA determined that the veteran's anxiety reaction does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show occupational and social impairment due to mild or transient symptoms, which decreased work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Reaction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0632493
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- 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.
- Granted
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.
- 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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