The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizoaffective disorder, is not related to his active service or any incident of service. The Veteran also does not have residuals of a traumatic brain injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish a link between the Veteran’s current acquired psychiatric disorder and his in-service traumatic brain injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (schizoaffective disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1728019
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