The veteran has been diagnosed with PTSD and is granted service connection for this condition.,Headaches, myofascial disease with left occipital nerve involvement, hiatal hernia with esophagitis, and chronic sinusitis are not considered to be related to active duty service due to lack of objective evidence or medical support.,Fatigue is not considered a qualifying chronic disability for the purposes of presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2).,Blood in stool is not considered a qualifying chronic disability for the purposes of presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2).
The deciding factor: The veteran's PTSD was linked to his combat experience and supported by medical evidence.,There is no objective evidence or medical support linking the veteran's headaches, myofascial disease with left occipital nerve involvement, hiatal hernia with esophagitis, chronic sinusitis, fatigue, blood in stool, or undiagnosed illness to active duty service.,Fatigue was not considered a qualifying chronic disability for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2).,Blood in stool was not considered a qualifying chronic disability for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Headaches, Myofascial Disease with Left Occipital Nerve Involvement, Fatigue, Hiatal Hernia with Esophagitis, Blood in Stool, Chronic Sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0714878
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