The Board has granted service connection for a generalized anxiety disorder. Additional evidentiary development is required to determine whether service connection may be awarded for other psychiatric disorders, such as Asperger's syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, and dysthymia.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder was at least as likely as not incurred during or as a result of his active service. The Board found the Veteran's testimony regarding exposure to extreme teasing and ridicule credible and provided an adequate medical opinion for the Board to conclude that his diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder, was at least as likely as not incurred during or as a result of his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Dysthymia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2013
- Citation
- 1315896
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What this means for you
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