The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, specifically anxiety disorder with depressive features, finding that there is no medical evidence linking this condition to his active military service.
The deciding factor: There was no diagnosis of a formal psychiatric disorder during the veteran's service and no medical opinion linking the current anxiety disorder to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with depressive features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0639002
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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