The Board found no evidence of a chronic psychiatric disability in service and denied the veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, dizziness, dehydration, and a back disability.
The deciding factor: No chronic psychiatric disease was present in service or within one year thereafter, and there is no causal relationship between any remotely diagnosed psychiatric disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD))
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0215082
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What this means for you
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