The Board finds the Veteran credible in his reports of stressful experiences during service in Greenland and concludes that there is a nexus between his reported in-service stressors and his current GAD. Service connection for GAD is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA treatment records, including the VA psychiatrist's diagnosis and the VA examiner's opinion, support the claim that the Veteran's GAD is related to his in-service stressors and exacerbated by his hearing impairments.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1032541
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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.
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