The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was not well-grounded due to lack of a verified in-service stressor and no chronic acquired psychiatric disorder in service. The diagnosis is now a personality disorder.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have a verified in-service stressor leading to PTSD and the current diagnosis is a personality disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Personality Disorder, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (to include PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0009475
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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