The Board denied the veteran's claims for direct service connection for an acquired neuropsychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and for reopening a claim of service connection for anxiety neurosis with depression as secondary to bronchial asthma. The Board found that the evidence did not support these claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the veteran had PTSD or any other neuropsychiatric disorder during service or due to his service-connected bronchial asthma.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired neuropsychiatric disorder, anxiety neurosis with depression, generalized anxiety disorder, chronic schizophrenic reaction with depressive features, depressive disorder with psychotic features, chronic undifferentiated type schizophrenia with depressive features, dysthymia, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2002
- Citation
- 0207311
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, as well as presumptive service connection for basal cell carcinoma under the PACT Act. Service connection was denied for chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, right restless leg syndrome, left restless leg syndrome, an increased rating for psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, a left forehead surgical scar, and allergic rhinitis.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a maximum disability rating of 100 percent effective December 12, 2022. The ratings for migraines and IBS with GERD were restored from noncompensable to their previous levels.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including the failure to obtain relevant treatment records and provide adequate VA examinations.
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