The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, finding no credible evidence that his claimed in-service stressors occurred.
The deciding factor: The record contained no credible supporting evidence that the claimed inservice stressors occurred.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0903981
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- Denied
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