The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and bipolar disorders, as well as somatic symptom disorder. The effective date is not specified.
The deciding factor: The examiner found that the Veteran's anxiety disorder was more likely than not due to his chronic low back strain, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, somatic symptom disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19164788
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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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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 12, 2023, for a 50 percent evaluation of bipolar disorder and remanded the other issues for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for depression, PTSD, and an anxiety disorder due to the lack of a current diagnosis.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for anxiety disorder and denied service connection for hearing loss. The claims for service connection for GERD, right ankle limitations, and sinusitis were remanded for further development.
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