The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a pituitary tumor, psoriasis, and a headache disability. The Board found that there was no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions provided were not supportive of the Veteran's claims, as they determined that his current conditions did not have their onset during service or were not related to any in-service events.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, Pituitary tumor, Psoriasis, Headache disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22058067
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