The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that his current psychiatric impairment is not due to events in service and instead linked to an injury he sustained after discharge.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners concluded that there was no connection between the veteran's brief period of military service and his current psychiatric impairment, based on the absence of treatment before 1989 and the fact that his symptoms began after a job loss due to an injury in October 1988.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0021400
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What this means for you
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