The Board finds that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, bowel incontinence, and bladder incontinence are not related to active duty service. The VA examiner opined that these conditions were less likely as not incurred or caused by active duty service.
The deciding factor: VA examiner found no evidence of symptoms consistent with PTSD during service and concluded the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is unrelated to active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)), Bowel Incontinence, Bladder Incontinence
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1644265
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