The Board denied service connection for general anxiety disorder as it was not etiologically related to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The February 2004 VA examiner and the March 2007 opinion concluded that there is no evidence of a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected hemorrhoids with impairment of rectal sphincter control and his general anxiety disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- General anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2008
- Citation
- 0814261
What this means for you
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