The Board found that there was no evidence of a psychiatric disability in service or within one year post-service, and the Veteran's current psychiatric condition is not related to her military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a diagnosed psychiatric disability during service or within one year after discharge, and any current psychiatric disability is not shown to be related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2011
- Citation
- 1142337
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