The Board found that there is no preponderance of evidence to support the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The Veteran was not granted service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no clear and unmistakable evidence that any pre-existing condition existed prior to service or was aggravated by service, and the medical opinions provided did not support a finding of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0941074
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