The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for post traumatic stress disorder and dysmenorrhea, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD due to an in-service stressor event. Dysmenorrhea was also denied as the Veteran did not have a hysterectomy and there is no service treatment record indicating dysmenorrhea during her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dysmenorrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0915658
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