The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD. The claims for service connection for a low back and left hip disability as secondary to service-connected disabilities of the right shoulder and/or left knee were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran had a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder or that his claimed disabilities were caused or aggravated by his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Low back disability, Left hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25031575
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,757 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Denied
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