The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, but denied service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The March 2017 VA examiner found that the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD were not met, regardless of any stressor, as the requisite symptomatology was not present. The Veteran's symptoms were attributed to other psychiatric disorders such as depressive and personality disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20051588
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