The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was previously denied due to lack of a verified in-service stressor. New evidence received since the previous denial does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), right patellar femoral syndrome, short-term memory loss and loss of concentration, generalized nerve pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, stress, numbness and tingling, joint pain and stiffness, inability to hold heavy objects, nausea, sore muscles, abdominal pain, sinusitis, dizziness
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2012
- Citation
- 1235147
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