The Board has determined that the Veteran's right leg disability and acquired psychiatric disorder are not service-connected, as there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or any service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient medical evidence to support a diagnosis of a right leg disability, and the Veteran's claimed stressors could not be verified due to lack of unit records. The acquired psychiatric disorder claim lacks credible supporting evidence for the alleged combat-related stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg disability, Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, psychosis NOS, paranoid disorder, and depression NOS)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2017
- Citation
- 1755657
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