The Board found that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is not shown to have been present in service and is not shown by a preponderance of the competent and probative evidence of record to be causally or etiologically related to his military service. The right knee disability was also denied as there were no symptoms or diagnoses noted during service, and current medical evidence did not establish a causal relationship between the Veteran's current condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service treatment records do not show any complaints or diagnoses of psychiatric conditions, and he did not engage in combat. The Board found that there was insufficient evidence to support a finding of service connection for either the acquired psychiatric disorder or right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1021265
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