The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a rating in excess of 20 percent for duodenal ulcer disease with chronic duodenitis on an extraschedular basis, and TDIU were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a relationship between the Veteran's depression and his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners concluded that there was no evidence of psychiatric problems in service or within the first year after service separation, and that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the clinical criteria for PTSD. The examiner also noted that the Veteran had no functional limitations as a result of his service-connected disabilities, which precluded linking his depression to those conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2017
- Citation
- 1711098
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