The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for an acquired psychiatric disability is denied because there is no evidence of additional disability resulting from VA care, and the Veteran is not competent to provide such a link.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not established that he has an additional disability as a result of VA treatment or that his mental health symptoms are due to an event not reasonably foreseeable or carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2019
- Citation
- A19000811
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability to provide the Veteran with a VA examination.
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