The Veteran does not have residuals of a traumatic brain injury or an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD that were caused by his service.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence to support the Veteran's claims for residuals of a traumatic brain injury and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, which he attributes to service. The service treatment records do not document any head trauma or loss of consciousness during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, Residuals of traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2013
- Citation
- 1311676
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and residuals of TBI, finding that his symptoms meet the criteria for such a rating due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD due to inadequate VA examination opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD due to insufficient evidence in the record.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for MDD was denied.,Service connection for PTSD was denied as the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD under DSM-5.
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