The Board found that the veteran's mental disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim. The issue of arthritis of multiple joints was also denied, but the RO did not provide a rating assigned or effective date.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish a link between the claimed mental disorder and service, nor is there any indication that the veteran's arthritis had its onset during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Mental Disorder (claimed as panic attacks, social phobia, claustrophobia, anxiety attacks and depression), Arthritis of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2002
- Citation
- 0213843
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What this means for you
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