Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an anxiety disorder as secondary to tinnitus and denied the claims for service connection for TBI, sinusitis, higher ratings for left CTS, left inguinal hernia, and a scar associated with left inguinal hernia. The decision also remanded several other conditions for further development.
The deciding factor: The anxiety disorder was granted due to its direct causation by the service-connected tinnitus, while TBI, sinusitis, and other conditions were denied due to lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses or nexus to service.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, traumatic brain injury (TBI), sinusitis, left carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), left inguinal hernia, scar associated with left inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095691
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