The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted, with a 70 percent rating for anxiety disorder.,The Veteran's increased rating for anxiety disorder claim is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities have resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas and the inability to establish and maintain effective relationships, warranting a 70 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Right Elbow Limitation of Flexion, Sleep Apnea, Coronary Artery Disease, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Scar of the Right Elbow, Limitation of Extension of the Right Elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18101266
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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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