The Veteran's anxiety disorder NOS and unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder are rated at 30% prior to April 28, 2017, and 50% from that date. The rating for lumbosacral strain remains at 20%, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity at 20%, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity at 20%, and scar of the posteriolateral scalp at 10%. All other claims are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's mental health conditions have been rated based on their current manifestations, with no new evidence provided to warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder NOS, Unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20061957
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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