The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and a skin disorder, finding no credible evidence to support the veteran's claimed in-service stressors or a link between his current conditions and military service.
The deciding factor: The lack of corroborating evidence for the veteran's claimed stressors and the absence of medical evidence linking his current conditions to his military service led to the denial of both claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, Skin disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0813711
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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