The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was not incurred in or aggravated by service. The evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence diagnosing PTSD and the VA examiner opined that it is less likely than not caused by the reported assault from 53 years ago.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)]
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2018
- Citation
- 1809800
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