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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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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