The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, GERD, and sleep apnea. The Veteran's current psychiatric disabilities are not related to his active service.
The deciding factor: There is no probative evidence that any current acquired psychiatric disability was incurred in service or is otherwise causally related to the Veteran's active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disability (to include anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder, depression, and PTSD), GERD, Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2018
- Citation
- 1804640
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What this means for you
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