The Board has determined that the veteran does not have post-traumatic stress disorder and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no valid diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder in the record, and the evidence did not meet the criteria to establish a link between current symptoms and an in-service stressor.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0610460
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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