The Board granted service connection for a headache disability and assigned ratings of 70 percent, 20 percent, and 10 percent for generalized anxiety disorder, right ankle osteoarthritis, and right gamekeepers thumb respectively. The claims for increased ratings for sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, and the remaining conditions were denied.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the criteria for a 70 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder, a 20 percent rating for right ankle osteoarthritis, and a 10 percent rating for right gamekeepers thumb. The evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disability, generalized anxiety disorder, sinusitis, right ankle osteoarthritis, bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, right gamekeepers thumb
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099085
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