Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include panic disorder and adjustment disorder with anxiety, as a remand is warranted in order to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error and obtain an adequate etiological opinion.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not adequately explain why unexpected panic attacks would suggest the panic attacks were not consequent of hearing loss or tinnitus, and did not offer an opinion regarding the aggravation prong of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- panic disorder, adjustment disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011065
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