The Veteran's claim of service connection for an anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified (NOS), tinnitus, sinusitis, tinea pedis, TMJ, and bilateral hearing loss has been granted. The effective date is set to December 4, 2015.
The deciding factor: The claims were received on or after the effective date of December 4, 2015, which was later than any potential earlier claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, NOS, Tinnitus, Sinusitis, Tinea Pedis, Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ), Bilateral Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19180689
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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- Partly granted
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