The Board denied service connection for bilateral CTS, left Achilles tendon tear, and an acquired psychological disorder (GAD and MDD) due to lack of probative evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not provide a clear opinion regarding the etiology of the claimed disabilities and failed to identify any in-service event or injury that could be linked to the current diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral CTS, Left Achilles tendon tear, Acquired psychological disorder (GAD and MDD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1806584
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What this means for you
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