The Veteran's claimed psychiatric disability and heart disability were not incurred or aggravated by service. The pre-existing conditions are presumed to have existed prior to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is a personality disorder that was present before service, and there is no evidence of aggravation during service. His heart disability is also a personality disorder with no causal link to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including but not limited to PTSD), Congestive Cardiomyopathy and Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease with Coronary Artery Insufficiency and Angina Pectoris
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2014
- Citation
- 1423127
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