The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and alcohol abuse, as secondary to PTSD. The claim for PTSD was denied due to a lack of credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors actually occurred. The claim for alcohol abuse was also denied because there is no underlying service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was insufficient credible supporting evidence for the veteran's claimed in-service stressors, and thus could not establish the occurrence of the stressor necessary to grant service connection for PTSD. Additionally, as there was no underlying service-connected condition, secondary service connection was also denied.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Alcohol Abuse
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0631342
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