The Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder with major depression was found to be a contributory cause of death, thus granting entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The service-connected disability (generalized anxiety disorder with major depression) was determined to be a contributory cause of the Veteran's death based on the Amended Certificate of Death listing it as one of the significant conditions leading to death.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder with major depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23062092
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