records , but no records were found . Several of the Veteran ' s National Guard examinations are of record , and furthermore , the Veteran has asserted that her psychiatric problems began in 1985 or 1986 , after the birth of her son , which is both after her National Guard service and several years after her active duty from December 1981 to May 1982 . The Board therefore finds that further attempts to obtain her active service records would be both futile and irrelevant to the questions currently at issue . Furthermore , the Board does not dispute the Veteran ' s assertions that she requested maternity leave in 1985 while serving in the National Guard and that her request was refused by her superior officer