The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a diagnosed psychiatric disability, including PTSD, that is etiologically related to an in-service stressor. The acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD was not present in service and is not etiologically related to service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence did not support a diagnosis of PTSD based on the personal assault during service, while another medical opinion found that the veteran's symptoms were more consistent with generalized anxiety disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability (including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2008
- Citation
- 0824728
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