The Board found that the veteran's service-connected postoperative residuals of fracture of the right tibia and fibula do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating. The claim for PTSD was reopened due to new evidence, but service connection is not established as there is no clinically supported diagnosis of PTSD.
The deciding factor: The medical records did not support a current diagnosis of PTSD or establish a link between any current psychiatric symptoms and specific in-service stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of fracture of the right tibia and fibula, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0006783
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What this means for you
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