The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and an initial rating of 10 percent for migraine headaches, while denying increased ratings for patellofemoral pain syndrome of the right knee and lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's anxiety is related to his active duty, and he experiences frequent headaches that are productive of disability commensurate with characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in two months over last several months. The evidence does not support a higher rating for the right knee or lumbosacral strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Migraine Headaches, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome of the Right Knee, Lumbosacral Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010567
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