The Board denied service connection for a back disability and residuals of cracked ribs and left chest contusions, but remanded the claim for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder.,Service connection was not granted for any condition due to lack of evidence linking current conditions to service.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's current back disability is not related to his military service as there is no medical evidence showing a link between the current condition and in-service events or injuries. The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s degenerative disk disease did not begin during service.,There was insufficient evidence to establish that the Veteran had any chest injury or contusion during service, and therefore, his current complaints of chest pain are not related to service. The VA examiner also noted a lack of medical evidence linking the Veteran's current condition to in-service events.,The Board found insufficient evidence to verify the Veteran’s claimed stressors related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As such, the claim for PTSD was remanded.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Back Disability","diagnosis":"Degenerative disk disease"}, {"condition_name":"Residuals of Cracked Ribs and Left Chest Contusions","diagnosis":"Contusion, unspecified ribs and chest"}, {"condition_name":"Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)","diagnosis":"Posttraumatic stress disorder"}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

April 30, 2019

Citation

19133145