The Board found that the veteran's continued training for vocational rehabilitation is not reasonably feasible due to unresolved mental conditions and non-cooperation issues, leading to a denial of his request.
The deciding factor: The veteran has unresolved mental conditions and non-cooperation issues which currently prevent him from successfully pursuing a vocational rehabilitation program and becoming gainfully employed in an occupation consistent with his abilities, aptitudes, and interests.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, chronic, paranoid type, myositis of the back, urinary tract infection, personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0101824
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Related decisions
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for extreme fatigue, difficulty breathing, sepsis, and urinary tract infection due to incomplete records and a need for additional medical opinions.
- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, including personality disorder and PTSD, is granted as service connected. The Board found the evidence sufficient to grant service connection due to a qualifying event in service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate medical opinion, and a new one must be provided.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and depression, finding that his symptoms are adequately accounted for by his existing diagnoses of PTSD and major depressive disorder.
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