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The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of his acquired psychiatric disorders, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between his current conditions and his military service or any service-connected disability.

The deciding factor: Multiple VA examiners found that the Veteran’s current psychiatric conditions were not caused by his military service or his service-connected hyperpigmentation disability.

Claimed conditions
anxiety disorder, schizophren form disorder, depressive disorder, psychosis, body dysmorphic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
January 4, 2019
Citation
19101109

Veterans Law Judge

MATTHEW W. BLACKWELDER

Decisions by this judge: 2,329 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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