The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD, finding that his current symptoms do not meet the criteria for this condition.,The Board also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the low back disability claim. The Board found that the additional evidence did not provide a plausible basis for reopening the claim.
The deciding factor: PTSD was not diagnosed during service or at any time since, and there is no credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor.,The veteran's current symptoms do not meet the criteria for PTSD as established by medical evidence. The examiner found that the veteran did not meet the criteria for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Low Back Disability, Right Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0026486
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