The Board denied service connection for PTSD and the claim of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for general debility secondary to postoperative penetrating gastric ulcer with massive gastrointestinal bleeding, both for accrued benefits purposes.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence showing the presence of PTSD at the time of the veteran's death. The veteran did not have general debility associated with postoperative penetrating gastric ulcer with massive gastrointestinal bleeding alone that was analogous to chronic fatigue symptoms resulting in periods of incapacitation of at least two but less than four weeks total duration per year.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0620004
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What this means for you
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