The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disability other than PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and is neither proximately due to nor the result of his service-connected PTSD. The Board also determined that a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD is not warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an etiological relationship between any psychiatric disability other than PTSD and service or service-connected PTSD, and the veteran's non-PTSD psychiatric disorders were neither related to his period of service nor caused by his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0110781
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