The Board found that there is no evidence of a current diagnosed psychological disorder and no in-service event or injury that pertains to the Veteran's current condition. Therefore, service connection for a psychological disorder was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a current disability and no in-service disease or injury that could be linked to the Veteran's current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- psychological disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0912433
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