The Board found that the veteran's stuttering disability was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's stuttering pre-dated service and any increase in symptoms during service was due to increased pressure, which is a natural process of the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- stuttering
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0600393
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