The Board found that the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) and drug and alcohol abuse and addiction are not well grounded. The evidence did not support a current diagnosis of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to provide medical evidence of current disabilities or a link between his in-service stressors and the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, Drug and alcohol abuse and addiction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0018698
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What this means for you
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