The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for acrophobia and gephyrophobia, finding that these conditions are related to his military experiences.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current diagnoses of acrophobia and gephyrophobia are related to events during his active military service, including exposure to hazardous work environments and ship collisions.
- Claimed conditions
- acrophobia, gephyrophobia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2020
- Citation
- A20017838
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Decisions by this judge: 1,104 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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