The Veteran does not have a current psychiatric disability, including PTSD, or a chronic skin disorder of the feet that was incurred in or aggravated by active service. The Board finds that the preponderance of evidence is against the claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a current diagnosis of a psychiatric disability (including PTSD) or a chronic skin disorder of the feet, and the Veteran's statements are less than credible given the absence of contemporaneous treatment records. The Board finds that the negative evidence of record as well as evidence contradicting the Veteran's claim outweighs his assertions.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disability (including PTSD), Skin Disorder of Bilateral Feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0943238
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