The Board found no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disability and denied service connection for PID and a sinus/respiratory disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran does not suffer from any current psychiatric disability, and there is no equally probative medical evidence to refute this conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), sinus/respiratory disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0402995
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What this means for you
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