The Board has denied the veteran's claim of secondary service connection for psychiatric disabilities, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to his service-connected low back disability or hemorrhoids.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran does not have a currently diagnosed condition (major depression) that could be considered secondary to his service-connected disabilities. The other conditions (dysthymia and PTSD) were attributed to non-service-related factors, such as divorce, and there is no evidence linking them to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- major depression, dysthymia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0001380
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