The Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder and depression have been rated at 30 percent, but the Board has determined that a higher 70 percent rating is warranted due to significant occupational and social impairment.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s generalized anxiety disorder and depression result in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19146919
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.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and personality disorder, due to the need for further development of the record.
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