The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disorder other than PTSD did not originate or suffer aggravation in service, nor is it due to disease or injury in service. The RO denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder on both direct and secondary bases.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports from 1980 and 1987 do not indicate any current psychiatric disability, and the veteran failed to report for a scheduled VA examination which could have provided evidence of his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder other than post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2001
- Citation
- 0120899
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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