The Board found that the Veteran's anxiety disorder with panic attacks is not related to his service and denied his claim for service connection. The issue of compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for prescription drug addiction was remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not find a nexus between the current psychiatric disability and service, thus denying service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with panic attacks
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1302872
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