The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for hearing loss disability, back injury, scalp and skin rash, sleep disorder, and personality disorder. The decision found that a personality disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: VA determined that there is no organic basis for the claimed personality disorder and therefore it must be denied as a matter of law.
- Claimed conditions
- hearing loss disability, back injury, scalp and skin rash, sleep disorder, personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2003
- Citation
- 0332142
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What this means for you
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