The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. However, the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and there is no credible evidence supporting his claimed stressors. Therefore, service connection cannot be established.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD due to lack of verified combat-related stressor or fear-of-hostile-environment stressor.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2014
- Citation
- 1403338
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