The Board finds that the Veteran's current depressive disorder is not related to active service or any incident of service, including as due to his service-connected residuals of a contusion and infection of the right mid-tibial cortex. Therefore, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD (diagnosed as depressive disorder) cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's available service treatment records do not show any in-service diagnosis or treatment related to his current depressive disorder, and there is no evidence of a continuity of symptomatology since service. The Board also finds that the Veteran's current depressive disorder is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected residuals of a contusion and infection of the right mid-tibial cortex.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2016
- Citation
- 1613114
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