The Board found that the Veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder due to any incident of his active duty service and denied all other claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no credible supporting evidence to verify the occurrence of the Veteran's claimed in-service stressor, and the preponderance of the evidence reflects that the Veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder due to any incident of his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Anxiety Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1722815
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