The Board finds that the Veteran's anxiety disorder and dysthymic disorder are due to disease or injury incurred in service, specifically aggravated by a personality disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA psychologist found that the Veteran had a pre-existing personality disorder with dependent and avoidant traits that was aggravated during service, causing the development of anxiety and dysthymic disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Dysthymic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1017143
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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