The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is rated at 70 percent, effective August 31, 2018. The painful scar to the scalp remains at a 10 percent rating. Effective August 31, 2018, TDIU was granted based on one service-connected disability and more than 60 percent combined in separate service-connected disabilities. SMC pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) is also granted for the period beginning August 31, 2018.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's anxiety disorder resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, warranting a 70 percent rating. The painful scar to the scalp was rated at 10 percent due to instability and pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Painful Scar to the Scalp
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 20, 2024
- Citation
- 24008415
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is related to his active-duty service and has granted service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder is rated at 50 percent, effective December 14, 2021. The Board also granted a TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and ADHD, finding that these conditions had onset during his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various psychiatric disabilities, arrhythmia, cardiac amyloidosis, and CAD/arteriosclerotic heart disease are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
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