Partly granted
The Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder is granted service connection. The remaining claims are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence was evenly balanced regarding the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran. For the other claims, a pre-decisional duty to assist error occurred, necessitating additional medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder, cervical spine pain, left upper extremity radiculopathy (secondary to cervical spine pain), right upper extremity radiculopathy (secondary to cervical spine pain), obstructive sleep apnea, hepatic stenosis with cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25097074
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