The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for skin disability of the groin, headaches, and sleep disorder are not well-grounded because there is no evidence of a service-connected condition or credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors. The claim for PTSD was denied as the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy and there is insufficient corroborating evidence to support his claimed stressors.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were not well-grounded due to lack of evidence of a service-connected condition or credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors. The veteran failed to respond to requests for additional information regarding his alleged stressors, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps provided no verification of the veteran's claimed stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the groin, headaches, sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0002177
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