The Board found no evidence of a current psychiatric disorder during service and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence relating any current psychiatric disorder to active service, including ACDUTRA. The Veteran's personal statements were not considered competent medical evidence on which to make a service connection determination.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1039440
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified trauma and stressor related disorder is granted. The claim for service connection for PTSD is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, and posttraumatic stress disorder to correct duty to assist errors.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to new and relevant evidence presented in a supplemental claim. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder, are related to her active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) due to inadequate development of evidence, including the need for a VA medical opinion on the relationship between any diagnosed conditions and in-service stressors.
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