The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed PTSD was not incurred as a result of his active military service due to lack of credible supporting evidence for the occurrence of the claimed in-service stressors.
The deciding factor: The record does not include credible supporting evidence verifying the occurrence of the veteran's claimed in-service stressors, which is necessary to establish service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic_stress_disorder, peripheral_neuropathy, skin_condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0531118
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