The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, to include on a secondary basis due to lack of evidence linking his current condition to active service or as secondary to his service-connected disabilities. The dental issue was also remanded.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions consistently found no causal link between the Veteran's current psychiatric symptoms and his military service, including any potential secondary effects from his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (other than PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19131276
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, to include schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder was granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims due to insufficient evidence regarding in-service stressors and other factors. The issues include PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD), sleep apnea, and a perforated left ear drum.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) to include adjustment disorder with depressed mood, persistent depressive disorder and sleep disturbances. However, the claim for service connection for PTSD is denied as there is no medical diagnosis of PTSD that conforms to DSM criteria.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is denied, but his claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) is granted. The case is remanded to obtain a medical opinion regarding the relationship between OSA and his service-connected psychiatric disorders.
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