The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as an unspecified anxiety disorder, is related to his active military service and grants this claim. The sinus disorder issue remains pending.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found a current diagnosis of an unspecified anxiety disorder and concluded it was at least as likely as not related to in-service stressors during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (unspecified anxiety disorder), Sinus disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2017
- Citation
- 1700428
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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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