The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and found that his current psychological problems are not related to his military service. The reduction of his bilateral knee disability rating from 20 percent to 10 percent was proper.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of service connection due to the lack of in-service treatment or credible supporting evidence for the claimed stressors, and the Veteran's own actions provided factual evidence against his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2012
- Citation
- 1208331
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development, including scheduling new VA examinations at Ann Arbor VAMC due to facility restrictions.
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