The Board has determined that the Veteran's ADHD was not incurred in or aggravated by service and his acquired psychiatric disorders are not related to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records do not show any diagnosis of ADHD prior to service, and there is no clear and unmistakable evidence that it was aggravated therein. The current diagnoses of ADHD and other psychiatric conditions are not shown to be related to service or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Acquired Psychiatric Disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1140198
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there are duty-to-assist errors in the rating decisions and remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with PDD and ADHD, TDIU and SMC, and service connection for COPD to include as secondary to latent tuberculosis.
- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's rating for acquired psychiatric disorders was reduced from 70 percent to 50 percent, but the Board found this reduction improper and restored his original 70 percent rating.
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