The Board granted the restoration of a 50 percent rating for agoraphobia with panic disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, effective January 1, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show actual improvement in the Veteran's agoraphobia sufficient to warrant the reduction in rating.
- Claimed conditions
- agoraphobia with panic disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072396
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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