The veteran's claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability and for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, were denied. The Board found that the veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection due to lack of credible supporting evidence for the claimed stressors.
The deciding factor: The veteran's allegations regarding in-service stressors were deemed unreliable and unsupported by credible evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorders (including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and panic disorder with agoraphobia), right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0638997
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What this means for you
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