The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a disability manifested by PTSD or other innocently acquired psychiatric disability due to disease or injury incurred in service. The veteran's claimed stressors could not be verified, and there is no evidence of combat involvement.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient credible supporting evidence to verify the veteran's claimed in-service stressors, and his service records did not indicate engagement in combat with the enemy.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0622929
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What this means for you
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