The Veteran's service connection claims for psychiatric disabilities, personality disorder, bilateral foot disability, dental disability, and cerebrovascular accident have been granted. The claim for personality disorder is denied as it does not meet the criteria for a compensable condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety, unspecified psychotic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder based on continuity of symptoms since service and current diagnoses. Personality disorders are not considered diseases or injuries for VA compensation purposes. Service connection for bilateral foot disability, dental disability, and cerebrovascular accident is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety, personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100389
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