The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, depression, and an allergic skin rash was denied due to insufficient evidence of a service-connected stressor. The RO is directed to attempt to obtain additional records from SSA and VA.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to adequately develop the veteran's claims by not attempting to locate inpatient treatment records from Oak Knoll Naval Hospital and Social Security Administration records, which may contain pertinent information regarding the occurrence of a service-connected stressor for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, allergic skin rash
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0032134
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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