The Board has determined that the veteran does not have an adjustment disorder, separation disorder, or personality disorder. The service connection claims for depression and these other conditions are denied.
The deciding factor: The RO denied the veteran's initial claims for service connection for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in rating decisions dated October 1997 and May 1998. The veteran did not appeal either of those decisions to the Board, and his claims were subsequently reconsidered without further evidence being submitted.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder, depression, personality disorder, separation disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0401045
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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