The Board has granted service connection for panic disorder with agoraphobia, secondary to the veteran's service-connected foot disability. The issue of a rating in excess of 10 percent for depression with dysthymia secondary to foot disability is still pending.
The deciding factor: The examiner opined that it was at least as likely as not that the veteran had both dysthymia and panic disorder with agoraphobia related to service, including his already service-connected foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- panic disorder with agoraphobia, depression with dysthymia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0126295
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for major depressive disorder and panic disorder with agoraphobia, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for panic disorder with agoraphobia and generalized anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's mental disorder began during his active service and is caused by in-service events.
- Granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's panic disorder with agoraphobia, finding that the symptoms more closely approximated those required for this rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a more adequate medical opinion regarding its etiology.
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