The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder, such as depression and sleep disturbance, related to his military service. The Veteran was diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder, which is a progression of a previously diagnosed unspecified personality disorder. The VA examiner found that the current symptoms are more likely than not secondary to the Veteran's personality disorder.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence indicates that the Veteran has a personality disorder rather than an acquired psychiatric disorder such as depression and sleep disturbance, which is not compensable under VA law.
- Claimed conditions
- narcissistic personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1809230
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