The Board has reopened the claim seeking service connection for PTSD and anxiety disorder, but denied the claims on the merits. The appellant does not currently have a psychiatric disability of non-misconduct origin that is etiologically related to service. The left eye condition was neither incurred nor aggravated in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a current diagnosis of PTSD or an anxiety disorder and there was no competent medical evidence linking the claimed conditions to service, including any verified combat-related stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder, anxiety disorder, blindness in the left eye
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0631127
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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