The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that there is no evidence to support a nexus between his current condition and military service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions found no causal relationship between the Veteran's current psychiatric disability and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (unspecified depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21040875
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