The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for generalized anxiety disorder prior to October 30, 2025 was denied as his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder did not cause occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, including speech intermittently illogical, obscure or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depressive disorder affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively; difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances (including work or a work-like setting); inability to establish and maintain effective relationships; suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities; impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods of violence); spatial disorientation; neglect of personal appearance and hygiene.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2026
- Citation
- A26031441
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is related to his active-duty service and has granted service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder is rated at 50 percent, effective December 14, 2021. The Board also granted a TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and ADHD, finding that these conditions had onset during his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various psychiatric disabilities, arrhythmia, cardiac amyloidosis, and CAD/arteriosclerotic heart disease are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
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