The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric conditions, including major depression and schizoaffective disorder, were not incurred in or aggravated by her active military service. The claim for PTSD was also denied due to insufficient evidence of a verified stressor.
The deciding factor: There is no medical opinion linking the veteran's current psychiatric conditions to her service, nor is there credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor that would meet the criteria for establishing service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD), Major depression, Schizoaffective disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0409775
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Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for major depression, finding that it is related to events of service. The evidence received since the prior denial supports this determination.
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