The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat and could not verify his claimed stressors. The VA diagnosed PTSD based on unverified stressor events, which were deemed insufficient to meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD. As a result, service connection for PTSD was denied.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence showed that the veteran did not engage in combat and could not verify his claimed stressors, making it impossible to establish a link between current symptoms and an in-service stressor event.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0629027
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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