The Board finds that service connection for a vision disorder is not warranted as there is no current disability. For a psychiatric disorder, the Veteran's symptoms are better described by chronic adjustment disorder with mixed emotions and anxiety rather than PTSD. The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the chronic adjustment disorder is related to service.
The deciding factor: The April 2011 VA examination report noted a diagnosis of chronic adjustment disorder with mixed emotions and anxiety, which better describes the Veteran's symptoms than PTSD. The examiner did not provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that this condition is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Migraine headaches, Vision disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1241737
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