The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with panic attacks and depressive features, dismissed the appeals for Raynaud's disease and a psychiatric disability to include PTSD other than unspecified anxiety disorder with panic attacks and depressive features, and remanded the claim for a recurrent lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the opinion of a VA examiner that the Veteran's diagnosed condition was as likely as not incurred in or caused by her military service. The appeals were dismissed due to procedural defects, and the recurrent lumbar spine disability claim was remanded for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) other than unspecified anxiety disorder with panic attacks and depressive features, Raynaud's disease, recurrent lumbar spine disability, unspecified anxiety disorder with panic attacks and depressive features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25027425
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 918 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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