The Board has denied service connection for an unspecified personality disorder with borderline, paranoid, and schizotypal traits as the evidence does not support a finding of service incurrence or aggravation.
The deciding factor: The persuasive weight of the evidence shows that the symptoms are part of the unspecified personality disorder rather than separate diagnoses like bipolar disorder, dysthymic disorder, or schizoaffective disorder. The examiner concluded that the diagnosis is still an unspecified personality disorder (to include borderline, paranoid, and schizotypal traits).
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified personality disorder, Borderline personality trait, Paranoid personality trait, Schizotypal personality trait
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2022
- Citation
- 22064866
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