Service connection for Meniere's syndrome and psychiatric disabilities, including anxiety disorder and depressive disorder, is denied.,A separate rating of 10 percent for right knee instability is granted effective September 27, 2012. A 20 percent rating for a right knee disability with effusion into the joint is also granted effective September 27, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to report for a VA examination necessary to evaluate his claims of service connection.,There is no medical evidence showing that any current psychiatric disability is related to active service or a service-connected disability. The Board finds the Veteran lacks the expertise to provide such an opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's syndrome, anxiety disorder, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21002945
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for depression, PTSD, and an anxiety disorder due to the lack of a current diagnosis.
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