The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, but denied the claim as there is no credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressor occurred.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran did not have a corroborated in-service stressor upon which a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder may be based.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0617310
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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