The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat and thus could not establish his claimed service connection for PTSD based on a verified in-service stressor. The claim was denied as there is no credible supporting evidence of the claimed in-service stressors.
The deciding factor: The veteran's personnel records do not show he engaged in combat with the enemy, which is required to establish service connection for PTSD when his claims are not otherwise supported by medical evidence or corroborating lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0634638
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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