The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed chronic psychiatric disorder is not related to his military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: No competent evidence of a current disability was found, and no medical professional provided an opinion linking the veteran's current condition to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2007
- Citation
- 0715605
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a Travel Board hearing at the RO, and will not make any determination on the merits of the claims until further notice.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's chronic psychiatric disorder, including his current diagnoses of schizoaffective disorder and depression, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service. The Board found that the current disorders are not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for head injury residuals, to include a chronic psychiatric disorder, in a November 2002 decision. The evidence submitted since then is not new and material.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's death and cannot proceed with the merits of her claims.
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