The VA determined that the veteran does not have a current psychiatric disorder and found no evidence to support service connection for any part of his claimed conditions. The Board concluded that the veteran's psychiatric symptoms are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran’s current psychiatric disorders to his military service, including his history of right ear problems.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Major Affective Disorder, Major Depression with Psychotic Features
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0321145
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, anxiety disorder, and unspecified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, but denied service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis, cervical strain, left breast cancer, and a left arm condition.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, anxiety disorder, and major depression.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for migraines and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include an anxiety disorder.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the proposal to reduce the rating for PTSD and major depression with psychotic features from 100 percent to 70 percent.
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