The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's disorders did not have onset during active service and are not etiologically related to his active service.
The deciding factor: VA treatment records do not document any reports of psychiatric symptoms during service. The first post-service report of psychiatric symptoms is in 2008, after a severe automobile accident. The Board found the Veteran's disorders did not have onset during service and are not etiologically related to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Major depressive disorder, Anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1215455
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- Granted
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