The Veteran's asthma and acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD, bipolar disorder, and panic disorder with agoraphobia) are granted service connection. The Veteran previously denied service connection for these conditions but new evidence has been submitted.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted showing a link between the Veteran's asthma and psychiatric disabilities to her in-service experiences, including assault by a fellow service member which caused her PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Asthma, Bipolar disorder, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Panic disorder with agoraphobia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19135893
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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