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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1544139
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