The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition (to include PTSD) and a skin condition. However, no new diagnosis of PTSD was found, and there is insufficient evidence to establish service connection for either condition.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of PTSD in the record, and the Veteran's symptoms are better explained by his post-service stressors rather than his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Condition, Skin Condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1606761
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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