The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a low back disability, as well as his attempts to reopen claims for otitis externa, hepatitis, and bilateral pes planus. The evidence submitted did not meet the criteria for establishing service connection.
The deciding factor: The claim of service connection for PTSD was not well grounded due to lack of credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor, and the claim for low back disability lacked sufficient medical evidence linking current symptoms to service or a pre-existing condition. The reopening attempts were also unsuccessful as no new and material evidence was submitted.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Low back disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0003464
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