The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, left knee disorder, right hip disorder, and lumbar spine disorders as secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by active service due to lack of verified stressors. The preponderance of evidence is against the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic synovitis of the right knee, Left knee disorder, Right hip disorder, Lumbar spine disorders
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0333003
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