The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, specifically PTSD, was denied as there is no credible evidence of a stressor that occurred during his military service. The claim for reopening the bilateral knee disability was also denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claimed stressors were not corroborated, and thus, they cannot be considered verified. As such, there is no credible supporting evidence that the in-service stressor actually occurred.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability to include PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1141166
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