The Veteran's claims for service connection for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Psychiatric Disorder, including schizophrenia and an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, have been denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of a PTSD diagnosis during service or within one year post-service. The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms are not linked to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Other Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- A19003633
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