The Veteran was awarded a 100% rating for service-connected generalized anxiety disorder, effective December 21, 2002. The appellant is the stepson of the Veteran and applied for retroactive DEA benefits from January 1, 2003. After several denials and delays, the Board granted retroactive payment of DEA benefits.
The deciding factor: The Board found that retroactive payment was warranted due to significant administrative delay in establishing the criteria on which entitlement to such benefits is based.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19132637
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.
What you can do next
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