The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including generalized anxiety disorder, depression, alcohol and polysubstance use disorder, and schizophrenia/psychosis. The decision also denies his eligibility for VA compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to right hip surgery and/or injections, as well as treatment for a right inguinal hernia.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a nexus between the Veteran's current psychiatric disabilities and service, with no indication of any superimposed injury or disease during service that resulted in a current disability. The medical opinions provided by VA examiners concluded that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities are not related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Personality Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Alcohol and Polysubstance Use Disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2023
- Citation
- 23015508
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is related to his active-duty service and has granted service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Major Depressive Disorder is rated at 50 percent, effective December 14, 2021. The Board also granted a TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and ADHD, finding that these conditions had onset during his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various psychiatric disabilities, arrhythmia, cardiac amyloidosis, and CAD/arteriosclerotic heart disease are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
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