The Veteran's claims for PTSD service connection, an increased rating for anxiety disorder NOS, and a TBI were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating for anxiety disorder NOS or service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s symptoms of anxiety were related to his military experiences and significantly aggravated by them, but there was no current diagnosis of PTSD and the evidence did not show he was unable to work due to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder NOS, Personality Disorder NOS
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20049060
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- Denied
The Veteran seeks an earlier effective date for a 70% rating for anxiety disorder NOS with depression and PTSD features. The Board finds that the criteria are not met, as his entitlement to this rating arose after August 27, 2013.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for anxiety disorder with major depressive disorder, finding that the Veteran's current psychiatric symptoms are directly related to events during his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection and a 70 percent rating for Anxiety Disorder NOS is denied. The AOJ has consistently characterized this issue as being about the effective date, but no specific SOC or SSOC has been issued to characterize it as such.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of February 1, 1993, for service connection due to PTSD with depressive disorder NOS and anxiety disorder NOS based on a finding of no clear and unmistakable error in the August 1993 rating decision.
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