The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and therefore, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD is denied.
The deciding factor: The November 2014 VA examination found no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD based on DSM-5 criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19164159
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