Granted
The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder with opioid use disorder, as the Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of depression, anxiety, chronic sleep impairment, and difficulty establishing effective work relationships caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder with opioid use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017244
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