The Board found that the veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder was not incurred in active service due to a lack of evidence confirming an in-service stressful event and no credible supporting evidence for the claimed stressor.
The deciding factor: VA could not confirm the veteran's reported stressor as occurring during his active duty, and there was insufficient evidence to support the occurrence of the claimed stressor related to combat or other service events.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0618884
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