The Board denied service connection for depression with anxiety, also claimed as generalized anxiety disorder. The claims for service connection for a stiff heart muscle causing shortness of breath and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and difficulty breathing were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the claim for service connection for depression with anxiety, also claimed as generalized anxiety disorder. Further development was required for the claims related to a stiff heart muscle causing shortness of breath and COPD and difficulty breathing.
- Claimed conditions
- depression with anxiety, stiff heart muscle causing shortness of breath, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and difficulty breathing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2024
- Citation
- 24004065
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression with anxiety and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), based on new evidence submitted within the appeal period.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), was dismissed as it was duplicative of a separate appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for depression with anxiety as there was no evidence of a current psychiatric disability that met DSM-5 criteria.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for anxiety disorder and assigned a 50 percent rating for the psychiatric disorder (depression with anxiety) from June 6, 2018 to March 25, 2019. The TDIU was also granted for the period from June 6, 2018 to March 12, 2019.
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