The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that there is not credible supporting evidence of the occurrence of the reported in-service stressors and no causal relationship between her current disorders and service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no corroborated in-service personal assault or harassment events and concluded that the Veteran’s PTSD was more likely related to a post-service assault by her mother, not due to any in-service stressor.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder (including PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19188283
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What this means for you
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