The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with depressed mood, schizoaffective disorder of the bipolar type, and alcohol use disorder, as there is no evidence to support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service or caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected duodenal gastritis with ulceration.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's psychiatric disorders had their onset during service or were otherwise related to service, and there was no credible evidence showing an in-service disease or injury related to a psychiatric disorder. Additionally, the evidence did not show that the Veteran's psychiatric disorders were caused by or aggravated by his service-connected duodenal gastritis with ulceration.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depressed mood, schizoaffective disorder of the bipolar type, alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25047644
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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