The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a current psychiatric disability, including PTSD. Therefore, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no current diagnosis of a psychiatric condition in the appellant's case.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disability (including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)], Burn Pit Exposure, Agent Orange Exposure, Camp Lejeune Exposure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1544139
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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 Board restored the 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, finding that there was no actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work. The claim for a higher rating for PTSD from January 1, 2024, was denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability did not have its onset in active service and is not otherwise the result of a disease or injury, if any, incurred in active service. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for scheduling a hearing before a member of the Board sitting at the RO, to include offering the Appellant the choice of an in-person Travel Board hearing or a Video Conference hearing.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that there was no pending claim for service connection for a disability due to Agent Orange exposure at the time of the Veteran's death, and thus denied accrued benefits based on such a claim.
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