The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as there was no credible evidence to support his PTSD diagnosis and the other conditions did not appear related to his military service.
The deciding factor: PTSD was not supported by credible evidence of in-service stressors, and none of the other claimed conditions are associated with herbicide exposure or service.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), urinary conditions to include elevated PSA, benign prostatic hypertrophy, acute prostatitis, and prostate condition, kidney stones, hematuria, urinary tract infection, cystitis, headaches, neurotic depression with anxiety, osteoarthritis of the neck and back, hypertension, peptic ulcer disease to include bleeding ulcer, and gastrointestinal bleed, blurred vision, erectile dysfunction, demyelinating sensorimotor polyneuropathy, right upper extremity, demyelinating sensorimotor polyneuropathy, left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1020561
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