The Board found that the Veteran's posttraumatic stress disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, and his preexisting psychiatric disorder did not undergo a clinically identifiable permanent increase in severity during service. The chronic sleep disorder is also not shown to have been present in service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's posttraumatic stress disorder is presumed to be related to an inservice assault, but the Board found that there was no clear and unmistakable evidence of its onset or aggravation during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as posttraumatic stress disorder), Chronic sleep disorder (including insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2012
- Citation
- 1208757
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