The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a cervical spine injury, residuals of a lumbar spine injury, and PTSD. The reasons provided were that there was no combat duty and the alleged in-service stressors have not been corroborated by official records or any other supportive evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat duty and his claimed stressors could not be verified due to lack of detail and absence of supporting evidence, including from service department records. The diagnosis of PTSD was first shown many years after service and has not been linked to a verified in-service stressor.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Residuals of a cervical spine injury, Residuals of a lumbar spine injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0617377
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