The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no verified in-service stressor and insufficient evidence to support a diagnosis of PTSD related to her service.
The deciding factor: There was no verified in-service stressor, and the evidence did not show that the veteran had PTSD due to sexual harassment or assault during her service.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0624342
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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