The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and scars of the head, arm, left hand, and stomach due to lack of credible evidence supporting the occurrence of in-service stressors or injuries resulting in current disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy during military service and there is no objective evidence of an in-service injury from which the claimed conditions resulted. The Board found that the veteran's statements regarding his alleged in-service events were unsubstantiated and unreliable, thus failing to meet the criteria for establishing service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)"}, {"condition_name":"Scars of the head, arm, left hand and stomach"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0624974
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