The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD (including generalized anxiety disorder and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder), is granted as service-connected.,Service connection for hypertension is denied.,Service connection for OSA, to include as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder, is denied.,Service connection for a left foot disability is denied.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD (including generalized anxiety disorder and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder), is at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by stressful events during service.,The evidence does not show a diagnosis of hypertension during active service. The examiner opined that the condition was less likely due to service.,The Veteran's OSA is not found to be secondary to his service-connected psychiatric disorder, and there is no other link between the current condition and service.,There is no evidence showing a left foot disability in service or any connection to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, Hypertension, Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24001946
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