The Veteran's service-connected GAD and residuals of TBI are rated at 70 percent beginning May 8, 2017. This grant is for purposes of accrued benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms met the criteria for a 70% rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder), Residuals of Traumatic Brain Injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2024
- Citation
- 24004903
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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