The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disability, diagnosed as schizophrenia with paranoid features, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder, is not related to his active service or any incident therein.
The deciding factor: The weight of credible evidence demonstrated that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder first manifested many years after service and was not related to his active service or any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia with paranoid features, anxiety disorder, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0624091
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What this means for you
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