The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD and depression, due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the claimed stressors and insufficient medical evidence linking these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: The claim was denied because there is no verified in-service personal assault or other incident that could support the diagnosis of PTSD. Additionally, there is insufficient medical evidence to link any diagnosed psychiatric condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (to include PTSD and depression), Residuals of a head injury, Residuals of a back and body injury, Right knee disability, Left knee disability, Frostbite of the right foot, Frostbite of the left foot, Right hip disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1017253
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What this means for you
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