The Board has determined that the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder and panic disorder are caused by her service-connected left knee disorders, thus granting service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The January 2020 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran’s psychiatric disorders are due to her service-connected right/left knee pain, which causes emotional distress at work and home.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder, panic disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20074750
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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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's award of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted effective from April 15, 2017, solely based on his unspecified anxiety disorder. The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy was denied.
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