December 2012 VA examination report , includes findings that the Veteran ' s depression predated service . An earlier November 2011 VA examination report concluded that there " does not appear to be a connection between his current psychological difficulties which are apparent and his service in the Navy . . . " In a December 2014 Remand Argument , it is claimed that " the Veteran ' s stressors are sufficiently traumatic , especially considering the Veteran ' s already delicate psychiatric constitution . " It is further claimed that " in - service events aggravated a pre - service psychiatric condition that was not noted on the Veteran ' s military entrance examination . " Under 38 U . S . C . A . §