The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder has been manifested by symptoms including infrequent anxiety attacks, sleep impairment, and irritability, causing occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks. The criteria for a rating greater than 30 percent have not been met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms result in no more than occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, which do not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2014
- Citation
- 1400585
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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