The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, due to a lack of probative evidence corroborating the claimed in-service stressors and no confirmed diagnosis of PTSD.
The deciding factor: There is no credible supporting evidence to substantiate the Veteran's reported in-service stressors, and there is no confirmed diagnosis of PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1813140
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