Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder because the evidence did not show a clinically diagnosed disability.
The deciding factor: The psychological examinations did not find a psychiatric diagnosis that conforms with the DSM-5 criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25002170
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