The Veteran's claims for PTSD, an unspecified personality disorder, and an unspecified depressive disorder were denied as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD. The Veteran's diagnosed mental disorders are found to be secondary to his personality disorder.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of PTSD in the record, and the Veteran did not provide sufficient detail for a stressor related to fear of hostile military or terrorist activity as required by 38 C.F.R. § 3.304(f)(3).
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (unspecified personality disorder), Acquired psychiatric disorder (unspecified depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18114574
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