The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a psychiatric disability, including post-traumatic stress disorder, that was incurred in or aggravated during service. A psychosis, if present, may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not substantiate the occurrence of claimed stressors during service and the diagnoses were based on the veteran's reports which have not been verified.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder, psychosis, personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0002389
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