The Veteran's increased anxiety symptoms are not due to VA treatment, and service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, chronic fatigue, nervousness, shortness of breath, sleep problems, chest pain, joint pain, back disability, or compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's increased anxiety symptoms are not due to VA treatment and the medical evidence does not support a finding that they were caused by medication prescribed by VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Increased anxiety symptoms, Personality disorders
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18116923
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