The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and finds that new and material evidence has been submitted. The Board also concludes that the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy or have a confirmed inservice stressor, and thus cannot establish service connection based on such. However, the Board determines that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is not shown to be related to active duty.
The deciding factor: The claim was reopened due to submission of new and material evidence, but service connection for PTSD could not be established as there were no confirmed inservice stressors or combat experience.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2001
- Citation
- 0120488
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