The Board granted a 70 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, denied an increased rating for migraine headaches, granted service connection for tinnitus, and denied service connections for hair loss and memory loss. The decision also remanded the claims for GERD and acne.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70 percent rating; however, the evidence did not support an increased rating for migraine headaches or service connections for hair loss and memory loss. The claims for GERD and acne were remanded.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, Migraine headaches, Tinnitus, Hair loss, Memory loss, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to include secondary to service-connected anxiety disorder, Acne to include secondary to service-connected anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24072111
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.
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