The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hand tremors and PTSD, but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD (to include GAD and MDD). The Veteran's current diagnosis of PTSD is considered a progression of her anxiety disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for any other psychiatric condition to include GAD or MDD, and that her current diagnosis of PTSD represented a progression of the anxiety disorder diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand tremors, anxiety disorder with depressive features, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2018
- Citation
- 1806234
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What this means for you
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