The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is denied. The Board found no evidence of an in-service stressor and concluded that the veteran does not have PTSD attributable to military service or any incident of active duty. Additionally, the veteran's personality disorder was not aggravated by his military service. As such, he is not entitled to a permanent and total disability rating for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the presence of an in-service stressor that led to PTSD, and there was no medical confirmation of PTSD or any other psychiatric disorder related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Personality Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0118191
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What this means for you
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