The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection of his acquired neuropsychiatric disorder, finding that there was no direct evidence linking it to active duty service and rejecting secondary service connection based on lack of medical certainty.
The deciding factor: The Board found insufficient credible evidence to establish a nexus between the veteran's current acquired neuropsychiatric disorder and his military service or any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired neuropsychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0823598
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- Granted
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- Denied
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