The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD, right knee disability, left wrist injury residuals, or memory loss secondary to head trauma related to his period of service. The evidence is insufficient to establish these conditions as being incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service medical records are missing and possibly destroyed, making it impossible to verify the existence of any in-service stressors for PTSD, injuries for right knee or left wrist disabilities, or head trauma leading to memory loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Right Knee Disability, Left Wrist Injury Residuals, Memory Loss Secondary to Head Trauma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0614100
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