The Veteran does not have a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD that is causally or etiologically related to his military service.
The deciding factor: A VA medical opinion found no evidence to support the Veteran's report of pre-existing psychiatric disorders and concluded that any current psychiatric diagnoses are less likely than not related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disorder other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2011
- Citation
- 1111906
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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 Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to an in-service stressor.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to inadequate VA examination reports and insufficient reasoning in previous decisions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for PTSD due to military sexual trauma and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD are remanded as the VA examinations did not consider his in-service misconduct.,The Veteran's claim for TBI residuals is remanded as there was no determination of whether he had an in-service TBI, and tinnitus, headaches, and fatigue may be related to this condition.,The Veteran's claims for cervical spine disorder, lumbar spine disorder, left ankle disorder, right ankle disorder, left foot disorder, and right foot disorder are remanded as the VA examinations did not consider his reported in-service injuries.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD has been denied as there is no current diagnosis of either condition.
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