The Board found no evidence of a head injury during service and denied the claim for residuals of a head injury. The acquired psychiatric disorder was not shown to be related to service, and the alcohol-related disorder is not considered secondary to any service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a head injury or an acquired psychiatric disorder in service, nor does there appear to be a link between the current conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a head injury, Acquired psychiatric disorder (schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia with depression and paranoid features), Alcohol-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0214771
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What this means for you
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