The Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, including as secondary to service-connected tinea pedis, is denied because there is no evidence of a current disability.
The deciding factor: There is no post-service diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disability, including depression.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability (including depression)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2013
- Citation
- 1309194
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