The Board denied service connection for an anxiety condition with sleep disturbances and a compensable rating for a left hand scar, while remanding claims for increased ratings for left hand bennet's fracture, right elbow disability, and service connection for neck disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of anxiety are part of the symptomatology contemplated under his current service-connected unspecified depressive disorder, and there is no evidence to support a separate rating. The scar on the left hand does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety condition with sleep disturbances, neck disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25031230
What this means for you
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