The Board has denied service connection for a stress fracture of the right heel but granted service connection for a personality disorder. The acquired psychiatric disorder issue is pending and will be remanded to the VA AMC.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established for the stress fracture due to lack of current disability, while service connection was granted for the personality disorder as it existed prior to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Personality disorder, Residuals of a stress fracture of the right heel
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0411410
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 541 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as there was no verifiable stressor and insufficient supporting evidence of claimed in-service trauma. The Veteran's current diagnoses were not found to be related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to provide a VA examination, which is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a personality disorder, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to her active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and personality disorder, due to the need for further development of the record.
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