The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than schizoaffective disorder, claimed as PTSD. The decision found that there was no evidence of combat exposure and that the stressors leading to PTSD were not verified.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy and that her alleged in-service stressors could not be verified by official records or corroborated service records.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (claimed as PTSD), Schizoaffective Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0210594
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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 an effective date of December 20, 2007 for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and increased ratings to 70% from March 27, 2020 to June 5, 2020, and 100% from June 5, 2020. The claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability was denied.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for PTSD and schizoaffective disorder based on the severity of symptoms that approximate total occupational and social impairment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an adequate VA mental health examination to determine if any of the Veteran's claimed psychiatric conditions are related to service or his service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for depression and schizoaffective disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's period of active service.
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