The Board found that the Veteran's PTSD did not have a direct relationship to his active service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA examiners were unable to establish a causal link between the Veteran's reported in-service stressors and his current diagnosis of PTSD due to inconsistencies in his testimony and lack of corroborating evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with depressive features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1749842
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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