The Board found no evidence of a current psychiatric disorder related to service and denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and pension benefits due to his nonservice-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a diagnosis of PTSD, and the veteran's other service-connected conditions precluded him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD), asymptomatic scar of the left forearm, hypertensive vascular disease, seizures, degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, arthritis of the lumbar spine, mild cognitive impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0027028
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for syncopal episodes, finding that these episodes are secondary to her service-connected migraine headaches.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia, unspecified psychosis, arthritis of the lumbar spine, degenerative disc disease, multilevel spinal stenosis, and arthritis of the cervical spine and degenerative disc disease. The diagnoses are linked to in-service physical assaults.
- Granted
The Veteran's seizures are granted as secondary to the service-connected scar tissue from a 1969 head surgery.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss are granted as service-connected. The Veteran's cervical spine disability is remanded for further examination to determine the current severity of his condition.
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