The Board found that the Veteran did not serve in combat and his claimed stressors are not consistent with the places, types, and circumstances of his military service. Therefore, a valid diagnosis of PTSD based upon verified stressor is not established, nor is any other acquired psychiatric disorder shown to be related to military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's personnel records did not support his claims of having served in Vietnam during the claimed timeframe or with units that were involved in combat. His stressors are therefore not considered verifiable.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1040101
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