The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks, is due to her active service. The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise regarding whether the condition was caused by an incident during her period of active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s current generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks was at least as likely as not worsened due to her in-service fall, and this opinion supported a nexus between the Veteran's current condition and her condition that the examiner opined had worsened during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20012200
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What this means for you
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