The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is rated at a 70 percent disability rating, effective from the date of this decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s symptoms have approximated the criteria for a 70 percent rating due to his anxiety, memory loss, suspiciousness, chronic sleep impairment, irritability, and difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Tension Headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19146815
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Board granted a staged disability rating of 70 percent for the service-connected generalized anxiety disorder from January 8, 2024, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
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- Denied
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