The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability, an in-service event, or a nexus between the veteran's military service and any of his claimed disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is no credible supporting evidence that the veteran's alleged stressor occurred, and no medical evidence linking any of the claimed disorders to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disorder, Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Left wrist disorder, Right wrist disorder, Low back disorder, Sexual dysfunction, Sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0903966
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,013 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, finding that the evidence did not show an in-service onset or relationship to service.
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