The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is rated at 70 percent from December 18, 2013 to June 21, 2016, due to its significant impact on his occupational and social functioning.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s generalized anxiety disorder resulted in deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, necessitating a 70 percent rating under the criteria for mental disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the femoral nerve, left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the femoral nerve, right lower extremity, headaches, obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20079726
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that there is no competent evidence to support a finding that his current condition began in or as a result of service.
- Denied
The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as there is no current diagnosis of this condition during the appeal period.
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