The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric disorders were not incurred in or aggravated by service and are not causally related to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: VA examination revealed no evidence of a relationship between current psychiatric disorders and military service, with the exception of a panic attack during active duty in 1980. The examiner concluded that the Veteran's current diagnoses were less likely caused by or worsened by his asthma medication (Theophylline).
- Claimed conditions
- panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1024326
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