The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of 50 percent for panic disorder is granted with an effective date of August 31, 2011. The service connection for IBS as secondary to panic disorder is also granted but with an effective date of August 28, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for increased rating was received on August 31, 2011 and the Board found that this date should be considered the effective date due to the nature of his claims. The service connection for IBS as secondary to panic disorder was granted with an effective date of August 28, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- Sjogren's disease, psoriatic arthritis, IBS
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21021427
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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
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- Granted
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