Victor C. Davis v. Eric K. Shinseki

HAGEL, Judge:

Victor C. Davis appeals through counsel a May 19, 2006, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) that denied disability compensation for an acquired psychiatric disorder because it was not service connected. For the reasons set forth below, the decision of the Board will be affirmed.

I. BACKGROUND

Mr. Davis served in the U.S. Army from November 1973 until October 1974, when he was honorably discharged due to “chronic apathy.” Record (R.) at 12. In 1999, he filed a claim for disability compensation for, among other things, paranoid schizophrenia. R. at 75. After his claim…