The Board found that the appellant's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, did not begin during or as a result of an incident in service and thus denied service connection.,The February 2015 VA examiner concluded that the appellant's current heel pain is more likely due to his obesity and vascular disease rather than previous stress fractures from service.
The deciding factor: The Board found no evidence linking the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (to include depression), Right Heel Disability, Left Heel Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2015
- Citation
- 1539044
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