Granted
The Board granted a staged disability rating of 70 percent for the service-connected generalized anxiety disorder from January 8, 2024, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the symptoms more nearly approximated deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25109979
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