The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for PTSD, rheumatoid arthritis, and depression, chronic fatigue, and migraine headaches as secondary to his service-connected low back disability. The claim for an increased evaluation for lumbar scoliosis was also denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection is not granted because the evidence does not establish a link between the claimed conditions and service or any in-service stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), rheumatoid arthritis, depression, chronic fatigue, and migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0125278
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What this means for you
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