The Veteran does not have a psychiatric disability other than PTSD, and all of his psychiatric symptoms are attributed to the service-connected PTSD. The Veteran's hepatitis is considered resolved with no ongoing active infection.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports show that the Veteran currently has only PTSD and no separate psychiatric disability or chronic hepatitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability other than PTSD, Hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2011
- Citation
- 1134667
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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).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the April 19, 2010 Rating Decision did not implicitly deny service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD. As such, the claim remains pending and unadjudicated. The Board therefore remands the case to the VA Regional Office for further adjudication of the claim.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his alcohol-related causes of death were etiologically linked to a service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and denied an initial compensable rating for right foot hammer toes, while remanding the claim for service connection for hepatitis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, a psychiatric disability other than PTSD, nerve damage, and sleep disturbance. The Board also denied an increased rating for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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