The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including simple phobia (fear of flying), panic attacks, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), are found to have originated during his active service. Service connection is granted for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran experienced stressful events in service which led to persistent anxiety and panic symptoms that persisted after discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- simple phobia (fear of flying), panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20005693
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for eye conditions, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction and left eye retinopathy. However, it denied increased ratings for multiple peripheral neuropathies, hypertension, and status post tympanoplasty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding private medical records.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder and persistent depressive disorder, was withdrawn by the Veteran before the Board promulgated a decision.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the evidence of record did not support a finding that any of these conditions were present during or related to the Veteran's active duty service.
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