The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding no evidence of a preexisting condition aggravated by service and no relationship between her current symptoms and military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence relating the veteran's current psychiatric disabilities to her service or events therein. The October 1996 examination suggests that her greatest distress was related to current living conditions in prison, not her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Panic disorder, Nonspecific personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2003
- Citation
- 0300189
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What this means for you
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