The Board has granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disorder. The Veteran's PTSD is related to his military service, while the evidence does not support a finding of service connection for his gastroesophageal reflux disorder.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is at least in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran has a current diagnosis of PTSD and that it was incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic_stress_disorder, gastroesophageal_reflux_disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1004892
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