The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, hepatitis A, B, and C, bilateral pes planus, brain damage, TDIU, and pension benefits due to lack of verifiable in-service stressors and insufficient evidence linking current conditions to military service.
The deciding factor: There was no verified in-service stressor for PTSD and the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy. The diagnoses of hepatitis A, B, and C were not linked to active duty service. Bilateral pes planus was found to have existed prior to entry into service without aggravation during service. Brain damage was also not related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Bilateral Pes Planus, Brain Damage
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2007
- Citation
- 0731140
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
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