The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a sleep disorder, finding no verified stressor events during military service. The claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disability was not addressed as it pertained to reopening of an existing claim rather than initial service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there were no verified in-service stressors for PTSD, and thus the veteran could not establish service connection based on secondary to a service-connected condition. The sleep disorder claim was also denied due to lack of evidence showing it was incurred during military service or as secondary to PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2007
- Citation
- 0714755
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
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