The Veteran's service connection claim for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified anxiety disorder, is granted. The Board finds that the evidence is at least in approximate balance and concludes that his current psychiatric disability had an onset during active service.
The deciding factor: Service personnel records show that the Veteran served in Southwest Asia including Kuwait from August 2007 to August 2008, and Afghanistan from September 2012 to March 2013. The June 2018 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder was at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by service.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified Anxiety Disorder, Cervical (neck) disability, Right hip disability, Left hip disability, Left foot disability, Right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2023
- Citation
- A23032662
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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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