Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for a combined disability rating of 70% and 50% for generalized anxiety disorder. The Veteran will not receive additional compensation based on this combination.
The deciding factor: The law does not permit combining ratings for a single service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003470
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