The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for gastrointestinal, psychiatric (including PTSD), foot, and mouth disabilities due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed disabilities were incurred or aggravated by service, including through exposure to combat or other stressors. The veteran's service medical records were silent for complaints or diagnoses related to gastrointestinal, psychiatric, foot, or mouth conditions. His current diagnoses were not linked to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability, psychiatric disability (paranoid schizophrenia and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)), foot disability, mouth disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0629386
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