The Board found that the appellant's current psychiatric disorders are not related to her time in service at the U.S.A.F. Academy, and thus denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the appellant's psychiatric disorder was not caused by a disease or injury during service, as there were no records of any such conditions while she was in active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder other than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to include psychosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1040195
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