The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, specifically anxiety disorder. The characterization of the Veteran's August 5, 1985 to December 30, 1988 period of service as dishonorable was found not to be a bar to VA compensation benefits.
The deciding factor: The Board applied the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine and determined that evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's August 6, 1985 to December 30, 1988 service was issued under conditions other than dishonorable for VA compensation purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- A19003664
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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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