The Veteran is granted an earlier effective date of October 29, 2003, for service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The claim was continuously pursued and the disability manifested before the date of the initial claim in 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050626
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 845 · Granted: 39% (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
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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