The Veteran's claim for service connection for hand disability, claimed as arthritis-like pain in hands, has been reopened and granted. The Veteran's anxiety disorder is rated at 70 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that related to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for hand disability, which resulted in reopening the claim. The Veteran's anxiety disorder met the criteria for a 70 percent rating based on occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in work, family relationships, judgment, and mood.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis-like pain in hands, unspecified anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23066971
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