The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, present in service or related to active duty. The veteran's sleep apnea is also not shown to be causally related to service. Service connection for disabilities of the joints other than the back, liver disability, skin disability, and stomach disability are denied as well. The veteran's claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disability was also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that any of the claimed conditions were present in service or related to active duty service, including exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability (including PTSD), Sleep apnea, Disability of the joints, other than the back, Liver disability, Skin disability, Stomach disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0206168
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