The Veteran's claim for service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder is denied as there is no evidence of a disease or injury incurred in service, and the only supported diagnosis at that time was a personality disorder.
The deciding factor: There is no showing of an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder in service and the presumption of aggravation is rebutted due to the Veteran's pre-existing personality disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, mood disorder, schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1002438
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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