The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder with features of generalized anxiety, is found to be related to his active duty service and granted.
The deciding factor: The December 2015 VA psychiatric examiner diagnosed the Veteran with unspecified anxiety disorder with features of generalized anxiety, which was found to be inseparable from his service-connected depressive disorder. The Board determined that this condition had its onset during active duty and resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801285
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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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