The Board granted an effective date of June 14, 2023, for a 70 percent rating for general anxiety disorder but denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that entitlement to a 70 percent rating arose prior to June 14, 2023, and the Veteran's claim was continuously pursued within one year of the initial claim in January 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- general anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012179
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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