The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was denied prior to September 21, 2015. From September 21, 2015, the Veteran is granted a TDIU. Basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) has been granted effective from September 21, 2015.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran was prevented from securing and following substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected conditions prior to September 21, 2015. From September 21, 2015, the Veteran's anxiety disorder reached a level of severity that precluded him from securing or following any substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Cold Injury of the Right Foot, Cold Injury of the Left Foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2026
- Citation
- A26033009
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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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