The Board found that the veteran's mental disability was not incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service and denied his claim.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a relationship between the veteran's current chronic mental health disability (paranoid schizophrenia) and his military service, as he did not have any diagnosed mental disabilities during service or for many years after.
- Claimed conditions
- mental disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2005
- Citation
- 0507052
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