The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD and finds no evidence to support service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not confirm a current diagnosis of PTSD or any other specific psychiatric condition related to service. The stressors reported by the Veteran were not verified due to lack of supporting documentation from his service records.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and major depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2016
- Citation
- 1635945
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- Remanded (sent back)
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