The Board found that the veteran's claimed psychiatric conditions, including psychotic disorder, schizophrenia of the paranoid type, schizoaffective disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, were not incurred in or aggravated by service. The claim was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a chronic disease during service or within one year of separation that would support presumptive service connection for these psychiatric conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified, schizophrenia of the paranoid type, schizoaffective disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0601291
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