The Board has determined that the veteran does not have an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder or scleroderma with Raynaud's syndrome due to service. The evidence is against a finding of such conditions being incurred in service.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence showing that the veteran had these conditions during his period of active duty, and any current conditions are not shown to be related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Innocently Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, Scleroderma with Raynaud's Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2007
- Citation
- 0735152
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