The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding insufficient credible evidence to substantiate the in-service personal assaults and thus no nexus between these allegations and any currently diagnosed psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found inconsistencies in the Veteran's statements regarding his military service and did not consider them credible, leading to a denial of service connection for both PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder based on personal assault.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (other specified trauma and stressor related disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2023
- Citation
- A23036745
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