The Veteran's claims for service connection for right knee, neck, and stomach disorders were denied. The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis or in-service occurrence of these conditions. The claim for PTSD was also denied due to lack of credible supporting evidence of the claimed stressors.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to establish service connection for any of his claims, including continuity of symptomatology after service and no medical opinion linking current disabilities to service or in-service events/stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Neck Disorder, Stomach Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2010
- Citation
- 1011982
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