The Board found that the appellant's current acquired psychiatric disability is not related to his active military service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's panic disorder did not appear until approximately ten years after his discharge from service, which was unrelated to his in-service gunshot wound.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0005311
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What this means for you
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