The Board granted an effective date of June 1, 2018, for the award of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
The deciding factor: The appropriate effective date for the grant of service connection for GAD is June 1, 2018, based on the Veteran's intent to file and subsequent claims.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25029277
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for eye conditions, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction and left eye retinopathy. However, it denied increased ratings for multiple peripheral neuropathies, hypertension, and status post tympanoplasty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding private medical records.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder and persistent depressive disorder, was withdrawn by the Veteran before the Board promulgated a decision.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the evidence of record did not support a finding that any of these conditions were present during or related to the Veteran's active duty service.
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