The Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased ratings were denied. The Board found no evidence of a distinct disability separate from his already-service-connected conditions, such as GAD and MDD, which encompassed the symptoms claimed.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support separate diagnoses or disabilities for the conditions at issue, with all symptoms being part of the service-connected psychiatric disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Status/post septorhinoplasty, Adjustment disorder with depression, Chronic insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2022
- Citation
- 22038882
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