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The Board has granted service connection for an anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his period of active duty.

The deciding factor: The evidence supports a link between the Veteran's current anxiety disorder and his period of service, including diagnoses of acute psychosis and anxiety neurosis in January 1976, as well as a lengthy history of psychiatric treatment for anxiety disorder and paranoid schizophrenia throughout the 1990s.

Claimed conditions
anxiety neurosis, major depression with psychotic features
How they argued it
Presumptive (no nexus needed)
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
June 25, 2014
Citation
1428794

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