The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and low back disorder are not related to his active military service. The claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of in-service incurrence or a nexus between the current diagnoses and the Veteran's active military service, including as secondary to service-connected pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- an acquired psychiatric disorder (paranoid schizophrenia), a low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1535064
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