The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, was denied as she did not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD or other acquired psychiatric disorder.,Service connection for deafness/nerve disability was also denied due to lack of current hearing loss disability recognized by VA standards.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were attributed to medication and there was no evidence of chronic mental health disability as a result of the in-service grenade explosion. For traumatic brain injury, the examination did not find any nerve damage or deafness.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD"}, {"condition_name":"Deafness/nerve disability"}, {"condition_name":"Traumatic brain injury"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161610
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What this means for you
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