The Veteran's service-connected anxiety reaction, secondary to intracranial infection and viral encephalitis, has been rated at 30 percent since the initial grant of service connection in January 2007. The current evaluation is deemed insufficient given his symptoms.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety reaction, Memory difficulties, Sleep difficulties
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2013
- Citation
- 1304749
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