The Veteran's service connection claim for a personality disorder is denied as the condition is not considered a disease or injury eligible for VA compensation.
The deciding factor: Service connection may only be granted for diseases and injuries, and Personality Disorder is not such a condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Personality Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20005141
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a personality disorder and remanded claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent and 70 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, depressive disorder, trauma and stressor related disorder, personality disorder, alcohol use disorder, and cannabis use disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for the AOJ to correct several pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining private psychiatric treatment records and SSA disability/SSI benefit records.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the most persuasive evidence established a personality disorder and substance use disorders, which do not constitute disabilities for VA compensation purposes.
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