The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, finding that these conditions were aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea, tinnitus, and erectile dysfunction.
The deciding factor: The evidence in favor of the claim includes a medical opinion from Dr. S.S. stating that the Veteran's diagnoses of tinnitus, obstructive sleep apnea, and erectile dysfunction have substantially worsened his anxiety and depression and have had a deleterious effect on his quality of life.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder, Unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25025506
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.
What you can do next
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