The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder did not have its onset in service and was not manifest within one year thereafter. The Board also determined that the acquired psychiatric disability is not causally or etiologically related to and has not been aggravated by his service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that there was no evidence linking the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder to his service, either directly or through aggravation of a pre-existing condition.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety reaction, adjustment disabilities order with depression, psychomotor retardation with chronic anxiety and depressive reaction, dementia, dysthymic disorder, major depression, chronic paranoid schizophrenia, major depressive disorder with psychotic features, pain disorder associated with psychological condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0300958
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What this means for you
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