The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including PTSD and its secondary effects, as there was no credible evidence to support the occurrence of the alleged personal assaults during service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's reports of personal assault were not credible due to inconsistencies in her statements over time and a lack of contemporaneous medical records corroborating these events.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Sleep Impairment/Fatigue, Hypertension, Fibromyalgia, Migraine Headaches, Gastrointestinal Disorder/Crohn's Disease, Autoimmune Disorders (including Sjogren's syndrome and CREST), Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, Food Allergies, Pancreatitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2008
- Citation
- 0802467
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