The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and/or depressive disorder. The decision concluded that there was no current disability meeting the criteria for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a diagnosis of PTSD or any other psychiatric condition in service or at present, and the only competent opinion indicated that such conditions were not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and/or depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1330685
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied due to lack of evidence supporting the conditions. The claim for a low back condition was reopened, but not granted as there is no medical opinion linking it to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The case is being remanded to clarify the Veteran's psychiatric diagnoses and determine their etiology, as well as assess whether his current sleep apnea, hypertension, and drug addiction are related to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder. The TDIU claim will be deferred until these issues are resolved.
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